EDUCATION GAME SEBAGAI MEDIA PENUNJANG PEMBELAJARAN DAN TERAPI BAGI ANAK AUTIS DI YAYASAN TOTAL SYSTEM KOPO BANDUNG

• Main Author: KUSDINAR , ASEP
• Format: Theses
• Language: Indonesia
• Online Access: https://digilib.itb.ac.id/gdl/view/11882
• Institution: Institut Teknologi Bandung

Children with autism are one of the components in Indonesian society. They have the equal rights in their education and development. However, the stigma attached to the autism children given by the society precisely inhibits their development and treatment to be a better part of the society. Therefore, some educational institutions were established to facilitate and educate the children with autism. There are some obstacles to improve the learning and healing of the autistic children in system of education applied in our society. To analyze the issue related to the education of autistic children, this experiment focuses on the educational games as the supporting media to educate the children with autism in Yayasan Total System Bandung. There are several kinds of conventional learning methods applied in the institution which are interesting to be analyzed scientifically. Furthermore, the methods still need supporting strategy for education and innovative therapy to help the children with autism. The present study entitled Educational Games as the Supporting Media Learning and Therapy the Autistic Children in Totl System Institution Bandung aims to reveal how far the educational games can give some positive influences toward the learning activity and academic therapy for the autistic children by employing the quasiexperiment. According to the analysis, the study has found answers to the research problem. First, the educational games applied as the supporting media for the autistic children in Yayasan Total System include Boby Bola, Aku senang Sekolah and Tebak Gambar. The threegames consist of educational content and entertainment liked by the children. Second, in appliying the educational games, the autiscis children have the same tendency with the normal children in terms of behavior to play. The different point is the needs of supervision and guidance on the matter of exaggerating response toward the stimulus given in the games. Third, the educational games can be applied to the autistic children by adjusting the content of the games to the curricular objectives. Fourth, educational games can be applied as the supporting means of education. Particularly, the games can help the autistic children in Yayasan Total System to socialize and communicate among one another. These refer to the improvement of the learning result before and after the educational games and given.