Reading disability or dyslexia is a lifelong condition with an early childhood manifestation of inability to read. About 30% of learning disabled children have behavioural and emotional problems. (12) Birth order among the siblings is one of the important family dynamics which determine the psychological well-being of reading disabled children. Objectives: To find out whether any difference in behavioural/emotional problems exist between various birth order positions of dyslexic children.

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... : Exploratory Design. Participants: Statistical Tests: Means, Standard Deviations and ANOVA. Results: The comparison of mean values of CBCL syndrome scales and birth order positions were not significant. Conclusion: The study concluded that the ordinal birth positions of dyslexic children could not make any alterations in the behavioural and emotional problems.