Comparison of fundamental movements in children with Specific learning disorder with normal children

Introduction: The motor is the base of learning and higher mental processes created after the adequate development of motor systems. This reason shows the importance of motor impairment in learning deficits. According to the prevalence of learning disorder, this study was Comparison of fundamental movements in children with Specific learning disorder with normal children.
Methods: The method of present study was description of casual comparative (post facto) research. The study population was included all elementary school children two - fourth grades, who were educating in the city of Tehran during academic year 93-94. By using available sampling method 40 normal children and 40 children with Specific learning disability were selected. Subjects were matched in terms of age and grade. Then the tests of fundamental movement’s Researcher-made was administered on them. Data were analyzed using multivariate analysis of variance.
 Results: The findings showed significant differences in the fundamental movements between two groups. According to the findings, we can conclude that the fundamental movements of children with Specific learning disorder compared to normal children is deficient.
Conclusion: children with Specific learning disorder have suffered from many problems such as learning and movement disorders. Making plans to rehabilitate such potentialities in such children can help them concentrate more on their movements and behaviors. Our research findings can be useful to families and schools.