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The purpose of the present research is to compare peer acceptance in students with learning disability and students with low, moderate and high academic achievement.Statistical population of this applied and causal-comparativeresearchincludes the second-grade middle school students in Ardabil City. The research sample consists of 160 students (40 with learning disability, 40 with low, 40 with moderate, and 40 others with high academic achievement) selected through multistage cluster random sampling. In order to collect data, reading, writing and math tests, peer acceptance scale and Moreno’S sociomotric test were used. The MANOVA results show that there is a significant difference between students with learning disability and students with low, moderate and high academic achievement in peer acceptance. The results indicate that students with learning disability and the ones with low academic achievement have bigger problems in peer acceptance.The findings of this study have important implications about education and counseling servicesfor exceptional students. Therefore, it is suggested that by teaching social communicative skills to students with learning disabilities, they should be helped to increase their popularity among their classmates to overcome their academic problems.

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