This research aims at acquainting with the level of teachers’ knowledge in thefirst
stage in basic learning of reading and writing disabilitiesin Damascus Government and
knowingthe significance of differences on the level of teachers`knowledge acco
rding to the
variable of training Courses. The sample of the study consisted of (152) teachers who were
selected purposelyfrom the official schools in Damascus governorate. Twoquestionnaires
were applied on this sample, related to the knowledge reading and writing disabilities, and
prepared by the researched after they were tested for theirvalidity and reliability.
This research comes up with the following results:
• There was a low level of knowledge at first stage teachers in basic learning of
reading disabilitiesand the rate was (%37, 91).
• There was a low level of knowledge at first stage teachers in basic learning of
writingdisabilitiesand the rate was (%36, 89).
• There were statistical significant differences at the knowledge level of first stage
teachers in basic learning of reading disabilitiesaccording to the variable of training
courses, on the side of teachers` who followed training courses.
• There were statistical significant differences at the knowledge level of first stage
teachers in basic learning of writing Disabilitiesaccording to the variable of training
courses, on the side of teachers` who followed training courses.