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Coping behavioural and learning style regarded as an influential factor which enhance cognitive, social, emotional and behavioural development of the children. Children exhibit different coping behaviour and learning styles. Coping behaviour are the set of some executive techniques of cognition which are used by learners to achieve a specific learning goal. Thus, the investigator made an attempt to examine the relationship between Coping behaviour and Learning Styles of children with Dyslexia at Elementary level. The Correlational Survey Method was adopted for the study. Therefore, the data has been collected through Dyslexia Indicators Assessment Tool developed by Australian Govt. The same tool was translated into Odia language in order to identify the children having dyslexia problem. After that Coping Behaviour Questionnaire developed by Carver, C.S. (2013) and C.I.T.E. Learning Style Instrument developed by Babich Burdine, Albright, and Randol (1976) adapted and translated into Odia language and the tools were administered to 60 dyslexia elementary school children of class IV and Class V. The data were tabulated and analyzed by using product movement coefficient (r) of correlation. The result of the study indicates that children with dyslexia having Information Gathering dimension of learning style have shown better problem-focused, emotion-focused and overall coping behaviour as compared to avoidance-focused coping behaviour. Work conditions dimension of learning styles of children with dyslexia have stronger Problem-focused, Emotion-focused, Avoidance-focused coping behaviour and overall coping behaviour children with dyslexia having Expressive Preference learning styles also have better Problem-focused coping, Emotion-focused coping, Avoidance-focused coping behaviour. Children with dyslexia having Work conditions learning style have strong Emotion-focused coping behaviour as compared to Expressive Preference learning style and Information Gathering learning style. Children with dyslexia having Expressive Preference learning style have better Problem- focused, and Emotion-focused coping behaviour as compared to Work Conditions learning style and Information Gathering learning styles where as children with dyslexia having Information Gathering learning style have not better Avoidance focused, Emotion-focused coping behaviour as compared to Expressive Preference learning style ( Problem-focused coping, Emotion-focused coping, Avoidance-focused coping behaviour) and Work Conditions learning styles (Problem-focused coping, Emotion-focused coping, Avoidance- focusedcopingbehaviour).Asawhole,thechildrenwithdyslexiahavingoveralllearning styles have stronger Emotion-focused coping behaviour as compared to Work Conditions learning style, Expressive Preference learning style and Information Gathering learning. Further, the learning styles matches with coping behaviour of children with dyslexia at elementary level.