Strategi Pengajaran Interaksi Sosial pada Anak Autis

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to understand the strategy of parents in teaching social interaction in children with autism. This research used qualitative method by conducting case study on 5 informants are 2 parents of autistic children, and one therapist from autistic children who are in Service Center Autis, Sragen. Based on the results of research, analysis, and discussion there are several strategies parents in teaching social interaction that imitate what is said by the informant, paste writing on the desk, invite children to play outdoors, introduce children to parents' friends when a visit at home, trying to entrust the child to her grandmother if the informant goes out, imitating what she sees like throwing garbage in her place, inviting children to play in the yard, taking her children's walks in the wild, for example in the fields or in the garden, informants with children, trained to stay focused on what the informants were instructing, to repeat what the informants taught, and to train the discipline in their daily activities. The strategy is done so that children want to interact with others.