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The purpose of this Study was to investigate the effectiveness of emotional intelligence training on social competence, performance on theory of mind tasks and help seeking improvement in students with learning disabilities. The participants, who participated in this experimental study, included 40 male fifth and sixth graders in Ahvaz, selected through multi stage random sampling. The instruments of the study were the Felner Social Competence Scale, the Stemman Theory of Mind Test and Pintrich and Ryan’s help seeking scale. The subjects in this study were divided in two groups (1 experimental and 1 control group). The experimental group was subject to Emotional intelligence training while the control group didn't receive any treatment. Both the experimental and control groups participated in a pre-test and post-test. The results were analyzed using descriptive statistics and the Multivariate test. The results showed that there was a meaningful difference between the performances of two groups. The performance of the experimental group regarding social competence, the theory of mind test and help seeking had been improved in the post-test. Results suggest the importance of the application of emotional intelligence training in improving social performances in children with learning disorders.

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