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The research aims to investigate the effectiveness of a computer-based training program to develop language skills and improve the social behavior among children with Intellectual disabilities who integrated into public schools. The study sample included 20 children at the age of 8-11 years. They were divided into two separate groups. The experimental group: N = (10), 7 of them are male, and 3 of them are female, with an average age of 9.8 years and a standard deviation of 1,985, N = (10), 7 of the selected children are male and 3 of them are female, with an average age of 9.6 years and a standard deviation of 1.821. The study's tools included a Language Skills Scale, prepared by Alrosan, 2014, David's list of measuring social behavior from the teacher's perspective, translated and evaluated by Alkafoori, 2001, Stanford-Binet Intelligence Scale, translated and evaluated by Hanourah, 2001, and the Computer based Training Program, prepared by the researcher. The study reached the following results: 1) the effectiveness of the computer-based training program in developing language skills and improving the social behavior of children with intellectual disabilities in the inclusion programs in public schools. 2) The maintenance of the effectiveness of the computer-based training program in developing language skills and improving the social behavior for children with intellectual disabilities in the inclusion programs in public schools. The researcher applied that for the experimental group after the evaluation span. (Published Abstract)