The purpose of the study was to assess self-esteem as a psychological correlate of learning disability among children: scope of psychological interventions. It was hypothesized that LD children have low self-esteem. Children with average and above average IQ but with learning difficulty, Children who are physically healthy and active in other co-curricular activities, Children who are going for remedial classes for subject wise Learning difficulty were included. And children with various types of Learning disability like dyslexia (both reading comprehension and writing), dyscalculia and dysgraphia were included for the study Persons with disabilities often suffer from how others react to them and this contributes to diminishing their self-esteem and to a tendency to take little care of them, which may subsequently hinder social inclusion. These two social exclusion factors are mutually aggravating.There are four components that define the esteem you might feel for yourself: self-confidence, identity, feeling of belonging, and feeling of competence. Research design: The researcher followed descriptive research design for the study. Universe of the study: The universe of the present study is contact from Kottayam district. Sampling: There searcher took the sampling of 60 respondentshad learning disability. This study conclude (50%) of the respondents were having moderate level of self-esteem, (27%) of the respondents were having poor level of self esteem and (23%) of the respondents were having high level of self esteem.
Self-esteem, Children, Learning disability
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