Research Article
Nonverbal Communication Behavior of Autistic Children in the Therapy Process at the Center Jambi Province Autism Service
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.20-10-2021.2316436, author={Firman Raharjo and Ridwan Ridwan and Dodi Harianto and Syahran Jailani and Siti Mariah Ulfah and Fiqi Nurmanda Sari}, title={Nonverbal Communication Behavior of Autistic Children in the Therapy Process at the Center Jambi Province Autism Service}, proceedings={Proceedings of the 4th International Colloquium on Interdisciplinary Islamic Studies in conjunction with the 1st International Conference on Education, Science, Technology, Indonesian and Islamic Studies, ICIIS and ICESTIIS 2021, 20-21 October 2021, Jambi, Indonesia}, publisher={EAI}, proceedings_a={ICIIS AND ICESTIIS}, year={2022}, month={2}, keywords={behavior nonverbal communication autistic children}, doi={10.4108/eai.20-10-2021.2316436} }- Firman Raharjo
Ridwan Ridwan
Dodi Harianto
Syahran Jailani
Siti Mariah Ulfah
Fiqi Nurmanda Sari
Year: 2022
Nonverbal Communication Behavior of Autistic Children in the Therapy Process at the Center Jambi Province Autism Service
ICIIS AND ICESTIIS
EAI
DOI: 10.4108/eai.20-10-2021.2316436
Abstract
This study aims to determine the nonverbal communication behavior of autistic children at the Jambi Province Autism Service Center, the obstacles, and the efforts made by the therapist. This research uses descriptive qualitative research with data collection obtained through interviews. The results of this study are (1) nonverbal communication behavior of autistic children seen in the therapy process such as facial expressions, eye contact, gestures, hand signals, and touch; (2) the obstacles faced in the therapy process are food factors because the nervous system will be unstable if the food consumed is not healthy, this will cause behavior in children to change, and the therapy process will not work well; (3) the efforts made are using the ABA method, communicating a lot with children and also maintaining communication with children's parents in educating children.