Life Skills’ Training To Build Social Autonomy For Mild Intellectual Disability Persons

DOI

10.2991/iclick-18.2019.83How to use a DOI?

Keywords

mild intellectual disability persons, social autonomy, semi-skills, life skills.

Abstract

This research is a qualitative descriptive research, with participant mild intellectual disability persons and special needs school’s teachers, instructors and social workers from difable rehabilitation service West Java Province. The study aims to produce a model of life skills training program suitable for post school intellectual disability persons in Bandung. The research stages were modified from the Borg & Gall model. The data collection techniques are observation and in-depth interviews. The results showed that the social autonomy of mild intellectual disability persons is low but have potential to be educated into semi-skilled labor with little supervision. Through life skills training, mild intellectual disability persons can learn to adjust their social environment and practice not to depend on others. The description of this social autonomy is the main subject of empirical study in the preparation of effective life skills training program model to be developed for mild intellectual disability persons.

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© 2019, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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AU  - Nani Nur Aeni
AU  - N. Dede Khoeriah
AU  - Zubaedah Wiji Lestari
PY  - 2019/07
DA  - 2019/07
TI  - Life Skills’ Training To Build Social Autonomy For Mild Intellectual Disability Persons
BT  - Proceedings of the 1st International Conference on Life, Innovation, Change and Knowledge (ICLICK 2018)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 396
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SN  - 2352-5398
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