The Use Of Visual Supports To Overcome The Learning Difficulties Faced By Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd) Sufferers n “Autism Um Laboratory School” (A Case Study Of Three Asd Students)

Agriani, Trisakti (2014) The Use Of Visual Supports To Overcome The Learning Difficulties Faced By Autism Spectrum Disorder (Asd) Sufferers n “Autism Um Laboratory School” (A Case Study Of Three Asd Students). Sarjana thesis, Universitas Brawijaya.

Abstract

Menurut Pusat Pengawasan dan Penanggulangan Penyakit di tahun 2013, Penyakit Autis sekarang menyerang satu anak di setiap 110 anak di dunia dan jumlah anak yang terjangkit autis meningkat sekitar 10 hingga 17 persen tiap tahun nya. Oleh karena itu, penulis percaya bahwa setiap anak autis membutuhkan perlakuan khusus yang berbeda dengan anak normal pada umumnya. Semua orang dengan autis memiliki kesulitan dalam hubungan interaksi dan perilaku. Hal ini jelas bahwa dengan keterbatasan yang ada dalam anak autis akan mempengaruhi proses pembelajaran mereka. Penulis fokus pada jenis kesulitan belajar yang dihadapi oleh anak autis dan juga jenis media visual yang digunakan oleh guruguru di sekolah autis UM Laboratorium untuk mengatasi kesulitan belajar mereka. Penelitian ini disusun menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif untuk meninjau hubungan dalam penelitian ini. Subyek yang diteliti disini adalah tiga siswa autis di kelas lima sekolah Autis UM Laboratorium dan data diambil melalui observasi di kelas VA, dimana penulis menggunakan teori Attwood (1998) untuk mengetahui jenis kesulitan belajar mereka. Serta, mewawancarai guru dan orangtua dari siswa autis tersebut untuk mengetahui media visual apa yang digunakan berdasarkan teori Hodgdon dan Quill (1995). Hasil penelitian ini mengungkapkan bahwa ada beberapa jenis kesulitan belajar yang dihadapi oleh siswa autis seperti kecenderungan untuk mengeluarkan komentar yang menyimpang, kesulitan dalam memahami bahasa yang rumit, konsentrasi yang rendah, kemampuan dalam mengorganisir yang rendah, mudah mengalami tekanan jiwa karena kebiasaan yang tidak dapat diubah, dan juga mengalami kesulitan dalam Matematika. Sementara itu Media Visual yang digunakan adalah objek nyata, photo, jadwal visual, analisa tugas visual, dan juga visual untuk pembentukan lingkungan. Penulis menyarankan bahwa sekolah dapat mempertahankan hubungan yang positif antara guru dan orang tua murid yang mana dipercaya dapat meningkatkan kenyamanan dan keterlibatan orang tua dengan sekolah. Untuk peneliti selanjutnya dapat membandingkan kesulitan belajar pada anak autis dengan penyakit lainnya dan menghubungkan nya dengan prestasi pada anak autis.

English Abstract

According to the Centers for Disease Control Prevention in 2013, Autism Spectrum Disorder now affects 1 in every 110 children in the world and the number of people who affected to autism are increasing at the rate of 10 to 17 percent per year. All people with autism have difficulties with social interaction and behavior, but the extent and type of difficult may vary. It is obvious that actually with the impairments which exist in autism children, it will affect their learning process also. Therefore, becoming aware of the warning signs of learning difficulties faced by autism children and getting autism children the necessary help early can become the key to an autism child’s future.The writer focuses on the learning difficulties which are faced by Autistic students in case of retaining the information from the teachers and also focuses on the visual supports which are used by the teachers in Autism UM Laboratory School. This study used qualitative approach. The subjects being investigated were three autism students on fifth grade at Autism UM Laboratory School. The data were obtained from observation in the VA Class and in the participants’ house in order to know kinds of learning difficulties based on Attwood’s theory in 1998, In answering the second problems of the study, the writer also interviewed parents and the teachers of autism students in order to know the visual supports that they used to overcome the learning difficulties based on Hodgdon and Quill theory in 1995. The result reveals that there are learning difficulties faced by the autism students such as tendency to make irrelevant comments, difficulty in understanding complex language, poor concentration, poor in organizational skills, easily stressed due to inflexibility, and also having difficulty in Mathematic. Meanwhile, the visual supports which are used are real objects, photographs, visual schedules, visual task analysis, and also visual to structure their environment. The writer suggests the school establish positive relationships between the parents and teachers who are believed to improve parental involvement and increase parents’ comfort level in working with the school. For the next researchers, they can compare the learning difficulties of Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) with other disorders and correlate with the achievement of the students.

Item Type: Thesis (Sarjana)
Identification Number: SKR/FBS/2014/5/051400487
Subjects: 400 Language > 420 English and Old English (Anglo-Saxon)
Divisions: Fakultas Ilmu Budaya > Bahasa dan Sastra Inggris
Depositing User: Hasbi
Date Deposited: 04 Feb 2014 13:50
Last Modified: 21 Oct 2021 08:10
URI: http://repository.ub.ac.id/id/eprint/101211
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