The Need for Early Detection of Children with Special Needs


Parents should have a sensitivity to the child's development. Is the child's growth is normal or not. Early detection of growth of children is very important. When the growth of children who appear in accordance with the behavioral characteristics in appropriate age stages. For example at the stage of early childhood is marked by learning to walk, learning language, toilet training, understanding the simple right or wrong, if all these done well means the growth of children takes place normally.


If the child's development can not reach the level of development in accordance with the average child his age, such as speech delay, hyperactivity, autism, mental retardation, learning difficulties, and emotional and behavioral problems parents should be careful.


"The existence of difficulties on the ability of speech or language without developmental delays in other aspects, parents should be suspicious. There might be having problems," said Eka Ervika, M.Sc., Psychologist first speaker at the workshop held Aliva Consultant on the theme "Early Detection And Integrated Handling Children with Special Needs "for two days ie Friday and Saturday (29-30/7) at Hotel Garuda Plaza Medan.


Desvi Yanti Mukhtar, M.Sc., psychologist, explains about sensory integration approach in dealing with children with special needs. Children who have good sensory integration will show adaptive behaviors such as giving a good reaction to a variety of sensory information that normally received at his age. The child will show the level of sensory-motor development, cognitive, emotional, language and socialization appropriate to his age. Can face a variety of academics demands that always increased with age.


"Children who experience sensory integration problems usually show various behavioral or learning problems. Symptoms that may be experienced as barriers to school achievement despite normal intelligence, lack of confidence, emotional self-control, always looking for attention and low-concentration and barriers to the development of body movement (motoric) and speech or language, "she explained.


Problem of sensory integration in children with special needs , usually in children who have developmental problems such as pervasive developmental disorders like autism and Asperger syndrome.As for a delay in speaking or language usually accompanies this main problems that exist.


She reminded, sensory integration therapy does not cure the primary medical diagnosis, but help improve brain function that is expected to improve on the child's adaptive behavior. This sensory therapy using a sensory motor activity that is given to stimulate the senses of children and requires the child to move or doing an activity. This therapy is adapted to the conditions, needs, abilities and level of child development. The activity chosen should be fun, make the child actively involved in the form of the game. Preparation in advance of equipment to be used so that the game becomes easier, can use the objects around. Children should be given a new chance to succeed and then slowly increase the difficulty of activity.


INSIGHT


Dra. Elvi Andriani Amal M. Si, which discusses Behavior Modification
Therapy.

Elvi explained that behavior modification as a systematic application of principles and techniques of learning for behavior change aimed at improving the functioning of the individual. The process takes place gradually, and systematically measured.


For example by doing a functional analysis. Examples of why the problematic behavior emerges. Is it because of the situation or because of the consequences. For example the child does not want to do the homework. When? At mathematics lesson. Where? At school while at home he would do the work. Question why. Is it because of circumstances or consequences.


"This is where the need for an exploration of behaviors in children," she explained.


Mira K. Putri, M.Sc., psychologists, described the Anthroposophical curative Education. She explained that children with special needs have a disability or extraordinary talents. Different from the children peers when viewed from the performance of work and measurable school achievement. Some of the differences is central to success in school and it is constituted by teachers, parents and the students themselves.


Children with special needs deserve means of early learning services, childhood friends in curative education, integrative kindergartens, schools for children who need special care. Special classes in Waldorf schools, Waldorf schools of integrative. In family and community life and the child psychiatrist at the hospital antroposofis.


Dra. Elvi Andriani Amal M. Si, Psi, workshops conducted as a form of mutual concern to the public for sharing of knowledge in dealing with children with special needs. All these were revealed in the workshop Early Detection And Integrated Treatment of Children with Special Needs which recently held in Medan.

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