Mahboubeh Moradi, Farnaz Keshavarzi Arshadi, Effectiveness of Teaching Parenting and Behavior Modification Methods to Mothers on the Signs of Separation Anxiety in Elementary-School Children, The Social Sciences, Volume 11,Issue 7, 2016, Pages 1209-1213, ISSN 1818-5800, sscience.2016.1209.1213, (https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=sscience.2016.1209.1213) Abstract: The resent study was aimed to study the effectiveness of teaching parenting and behavior modification methods to mothers on the signs of separation anxiety in elementary-school children. The present research was semi-experimental. Moreover, it was conducted in two stages of pre-test and post-test for two groups: control and experiment group. A sample of 30 elementary students (grades 1-4) and their mothers was selected using convenience sampling method. In order to measure the level of anxiety in students, an anxiety sub-scale was used in CSI-4 parent form questionnaire and to evaluate parenting methods of mothers, Bamrind’s questionnaire was used. Keywords: Parenting methods;behavior modification;mothers;separation anxiety in elementary-school children;anxiety