A comparison of ADHD and oppositional behavioral and conduct disorders in elementary students with learning disabilities and normal students

The goal of the present study was to compare ADHD and oppositional behavioral disorder and conduct disorder in elementary students with learning disabilities and normal students. The sample group included 381 normal student (193 grils and 188 boys) and 80 students suffering learning disability (40 girls and 40 boys). The method of sampling for the first group was clustered multi-phased and the second group were chosen by the method of accessible sampling. The research method was causalcomparative. To collocet the data، Achenbach teacher report forms (TRF) were used. The research data were analyzed by means of chi-square test. The result showed that students with learning disability and normal ones have meaningful difference in ADHD and Oppositional behavioral disorder، but the defference in conduct disorder is not significant. The findings indicate that the attention to ADHD and oppositional behavioral disorder can be important factors in working with students with learning disabilities.