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The current research aims to verify the effectiveness of a program based on dramatic play activities to reduce oppositional defiant disorder symptoms in kindergarten children. The quasi-experimental approach was used the application was applied to a sample of (10) children at Al-Aliaa Private School in Fayoum Governorate, their ages ranged from (5-6) years. A pre-, post-, and follow-up test was carried out. The researcher used the oppositional defiant disorder scale (mother and teacher picture) (prepared by Rania Qassem, 2018). And a program based on dramatic play activities (prepared by the researcher). The results of the research showed the effectiveness of the program based on dramatic play activities in reducing the symptoms of oppositional defiant disorder among kindergarten children, and also the continuation of the program's effectiveness. (Published abstract)