Impact of Learning Disabilities on the Behaviour ofSecondary School Children

Education is a behavior forming activity, while permanent change inthe behavior of a person is known as learning It is gained by thesenses (listening, reading, watching and doing etc.). The more thesenses are used during the process of acquiring knowledge, theeasier it will be to comprehend. There are a number of children inclassrooms with normal body and appearance but with certain hiddendisabilities, which could not disfigure or leave visible signs while theystudy in the class along with other normal students. Present studyattempts to identify students with learning disabilities and evaluatetheir behavior with school teachers and classmates along with theirhabits. A sample of 14 private schools of Qasimabad, A tlaka ofHyderabad, Pakistan was selected as sample of study. Two tools, onefor identification of LD students and second for evaluating theirbehavior and habits were used. It was found that students with LDremain mostly silent but become easily hyper. Mostly they do not takepart in games. Keeping in view the findings suggestions were given forschools, teachers and parents.