Development of Teaching Materials Design for Indonesian Language Learning for Children with Special Needs Using The Book Creator Application

This research aims to develop teaching materials for the Indonesian Language Learning Design course for Children with Special Needs with the help of the book creator application and see the effectiveness of material taught when used in the Indonesian Language and Literature Education Study Program, FBS Unimed. Study This is motivated by the limited availability of material related to the learning of children with special needs. Study This uses Research methods and Development (R&D ), which contains 7 different research methods, which are needs analysis, resource identification, product exploration, identification of specifications, development of the product, validation, testing of the product, and the product.. Based on the research results obtained, (1) the results of the material expert validation obtained a score of 85.5%, which is included in the valid category, so it is suitable for use in learning; (2) the validation results of the design expert obtained a score of 86% which is considered legitimate and appropriate for utilization. Apart from that, the results of the effectiveness test of this teaching material obtained a score of 87.2%, which is in the high category, so it can be concluded that this book's creator-assisted teaching material is suitable for use in learning.