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A descriptive study was conducted to assess the level of knowledge and attitude regarding the management of learning disabilities and its management in children among the primary school teachers and to find out the association between knowledge and attitude regarding learning disabilities and its management with sociodemographic variablesMethod: A descriptive study was conducted among 60 primary school teachers from selected school in Bangalore using purposive sampling technique. A self-structured questionnaire with socio demographic data, knowledge and attitude regarding the management of learning disabilities and its management in children was given. Data was collected, analyzed and interpreted using descriptive and inferential statistics. Results: The study results showed that majority 56.67% primary school teachers are having inadequate level of knowledge ,68.3% of primary school teachers are having moderately favourable attitude and there is an association between knowledge and attitude regarding learning disabilities and its management in children among primary school teachers with sociodemographic variables and is partially accepted at + 0.05 level Conclusion: Based on the study results on the knowledge and attitude regarding the management of learning disabilities and its management in children among the primary school teachers will be used as basic data to identify the learning disability in its early stage and give interventions to provide high quality education and care .