Inquiry: Teaching And Learning Children With Special Needs

Children with special needs are children who have special
characteristics and are different from other children. Students who have needs
in teaching and learning require ways or methods and strategies as well as
specially prepared media.The aims research is to describe a situation,
condition and activities of teachers and students with special needs that are
housed in the MB3+ Sidotopo Kepanjen, Kab. Malang. This research method
uses a descriptive qualitative approach with inquiry uncovering,
understanding, examining the contextual meaning of an object based on the
participant's point of view from the findings in the field. The result analysis
technique is by reducing, presenting and verifying the data. Sources of data
were obtained from teachers, students, guardians, documentation and
participating in activities at school. The results showed several types of
children with special needs including autism, speech delay, deaf, speech
impaired, mental retardation with a total of 20 students at the age of 3 years
to 15 years. Teaching here uses methods and strategies including
communication, assignments, instructions, prompts, cooperation, and
creative programs that support the progress of child development.