Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Science, Education and Technology, ISET 2019, 29th June 2019, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia

Research Article

Development Of Flag Matching Game To Improve Social Skill Of Mild Mentally Disabled Children In Special Elementary School For Mental Disability

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/eai.29-6-2019.2290274,
        author={Hedi Ardiyanto Hermawan and Sugiharto  Sugiharto and Hari Amirullah Rachman and Setya  Rahayu},
        title={Development Of Flag Matching Game To Improve Social Skill Of Mild Mentally Disabled Children In Special Elementary School For Mental Disability},
        proceedings={Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Science, Education and Technology, ISET 2019, 29th June 2019, Semarang, Central Java, Indonesia},
        publisher={EAI},
        proceedings_a={ISET},
        year={2020},
        month={1},
        keywords={social skill mild mental retardation},
        doi={10.4108/eai.29-6-2019.2290274}
    }
    
  • Hedi Ardiyanto Hermawan
    Sugiharto Sugiharto
    Hari Amirullah Rachman
    Setya Rahayu
    Year: 2020
    Development Of Flag Matching Game To Improve Social Skill Of Mild Mentally Disabled Children In Special Elementary School For Mental Disability
    ISET
    EAI
    DOI: 10.4108/eai.29-6-2019.2290274
Hedi Ardiyanto Hermawan1,*, Sugiharto Sugiharto2, Hari Amirullah Rachman1, Setya Rahayu3
  • 1: Universitas Negeri Yogyakarta
  • 2: Graduate School Universitas Negeri Semarang
  • 3: Graduate School, Universitas Negeri Semarang
*Contact email: hedi_ardiyanto@uny.ac.id

Abstract

The research intends at developing a game to improve social skills of mild mental disabled children in SDLB/ Special Elementary School for Mental Disability. Research method used was by research and development with development procedures up to large-scale trials. Small-scale trial subjects used one SDLB and large-scale trials using three SDLBs. The four schools/ SDLBs used for the trial were SDLB in Bantul District and Yogyakarta City. Research results show that after going through literature study, expert validation, and small and large scale trials, it produces flag matching game for mild mental disabled children. Flag Matching Game focuses on giving excitement to obeying rules when playing the game, taking turns when playing the game, showing efforts in competitive game and accepting defeat and congratulating competitive game. Effectiveness test is still needed to determine the effectiveness of the game towards improving social skills of mild mentally disabled children