The effectiveness of cognitive remediation on emotional processing and alexithymia students with specific learning disabilities

This study examined the effectiveness of cognitive remediation on emotional processing and alexithymia students with specific learning disorder. This research was the pre-test and post-test study with a control group.The study population included specific learning disability students with specific learning disabilities in fifth and sixth grades of elementary schools in Urmia city during the academic years 2015-2016.The sample consisted of 32 students with specific learning disabilities who were randomly selected from the population .To collect data, the Raven's Progressive Matrices, processing of emotional and Toronto Alexithymia Scale were used. Mayknbam cognitive restructuring interventions were implemented in six sessions on the experimental group. The results of multivariate analysis of covariance showed that there is a significant difference in the experimental group and the control group in components of emotional processing and alexithymia. In other words, cognitive restructuring therapy on the components of emotional processing and alexithymia was significantly effective.These results suggest that cognitive restructuring can amend emotional processing and alexithymia students with learning disabilities.