A Descriptive Study To Assess The Level Of Awareness & Attitude Regarding Learning Disabilities Among Elementary School Teachers In Selected School Of Dist Dholpur Rajasthan: A Pilot Study

Learning disabilities are perhaps best described as unexpected, significant difficulties in academic achievement and related areas of learning and behavior .Learning disabilities in children are one of the common problems that need special attention from family, neighbors, social circles and teachers. Teachers are the first who directly interact with the children in school when they start reading, writing or learning process. Teacher plays an important role while dealing with learning disabilities children therefore teacher role is wide such as best supporter and good resources for children in school. Teachers play a big role in early diagnosis of student learning issues. So we must need to study on learning disabilities in order to identify or assess the level of awareness regarding learning disabilities among elementary school teachers. Therefore, learning disabilities good level of awareness & favourable Attitude of elementary school teachers will play a important role to overcome the children. The study was carried out the level of Knowledge & attitude regarding learning disabilities among elementary school teachers. A descriptive research design with cross sectional survey approach was used to collect data from 50 elementary school teachers at selected school of Dist Dholpur Rajasthan in Oct & Nov 2020, and using convenient sampling method. Data was collected by using level of awareness questionnaire and attitude scale. Study result revealed that the elementary school teachers have average knowledge & moderately favourable attitude towards the learning disabilities children. The Good level of awareness & favourable attitude will help the children to overcome with the learning disabilities along with medical treatment & family Support. The paper presents the sample size, Reliability & feasibility of tool, for further main study