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The current research seeks to identify the effectiveness of the program of dramatic activities in developing the skills of accepting the other in its dimensions (accepting difference, respect for others, self-confidence, positive participation) and its impact on reducing bullying behavior (verbal, physical, social, against property) for children integrated in kindergarten. The researcher prepared a set of tools from the scale of acceptance of the other illustrated, and the scale of forms of illustrated bullying, and the program of various dramatic activities between creative movement, improvisation and role-playing. The basic age of a child (60), the chronological ages of (5-6) years, and the mental ages of (4-6) of the integrated , and dividing them into two equal groups, each comprising (26) normal children, (4) mentally handicapped children, and the program was applied to the experimental group, while the control group was exposed to the traditional program, and the results showed that there were statistically significant differences between the mean scores of the experimental group and the control group on the scale of acceptance of the other and the scale of forms of bullying, which indicates the effectiveness of the program of dramatic activities in developing the skills of accepting the other and its reflection on reducing the behaviors associated with bullying among the integrated children. (Published abstract)