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This study aimed to identify the most common bullying behaviors and dimensions, against female students with learning disabilities, in primary school, from the viewpoint of their teachers and mothers in Dammam city. It also aimed to identify differences in female teachers' responses, to these behaviors towards the targeted group, according to (academic qualification and years of experience) variables. It also aimed to identify differences in mothers’ responses, to bullying behaviors, against female students with learning disabilities, according to (academic qualification) variable. To achieve the study objectives, the researcher used the descriptive approach, and prepared two questionnaires for bullying behaviors, against female students with learning disabilities, from the viewpoint of their teachers and mothers. The study sample was represented in a purposive sample of female teachers, they were 35. Female teachers of public education at the primary level were 256, and the number of mothers was 139, at all schools (i.e. public and private schools) in Dammam city. The study concluded that the most common bullying behaviors in the targeted group, from the viewpoint of their teachers and mothers are: social bullying behaviors which came first, followed by verbal bullying behaviors, and physical bullying behaviors respectively. Female teachers of public education, learning disabilities female teachers, and mothers of female students agreed that: the most common bullying behaviors are: “the female student is ignored by her colleagues within social dimension, being interrupted when speaking to her colleagues within verbal dimension, and getting hit by colleagues within the physical dimension. On the other side, female teachers in public schools, see that the most common bullying behavior, within the physical dimension, is that the female student is getting things ruined. The study recommended the importance of getting learning disabilities and public education female teachers, and mothers, aware of bullying behaviors. It also recommended providing training courses for all workers in the school, and parents, to identify symptoms and consequences related to bullying against female student with learning disabilities, improving educational and scientific methods when dealing with them, encouraging parents to improve positive relationships with their children, and identifying negative behaviors against them at school. (Published abstract)