Program for Development of Communication, Perception, Sound, and Rhythm to Build Self Esteem of Students with Special Needs

Abstract

Self-esteem is one of the most important personal attitudes in life, high and low self-esteem which is built from language and cognition modalities will affect a person's personality. This article aims to describe the results of preliminary research on the development of self-esteem for students with special needs. The method used in this research is descriptive analysis. This research is focused on learning related to arts education in the Special School for the Deaf, namely Program Development of Communication, Perception, Sound and Rhythm. The research participants were five students with special needs for hearing impairment, one teacher, and five parents/guardians of grade 9 deaf students. The research location was at the Cicendo State Special School, Bandung. Data were collected through observation during process teaching and learning, interviews with teachers, students, and parents/guardians of students. Data analysis was carried out by triangulation. This study found that the self-esteem of deaf students grew positively through art activities in the program for development of communication, perception, sound and rhythm. Teachers and the school environment provide comfort and space for students to grow self-confidence by optimizing the abilities of deaf students in various fields, including the arts.