HUBUNGAN DUKUNGAN KELUARGA DENGAN PENCAPAIAN TUGAS PERKEMBANGAN ANAK RETARDASI MENTAL BERAT DI SEKOLAH LUAR BIASA YPAC KALIWATES - JEMBER

Abstract

Mental retardation is a disorder characterized by intellectual functioning that is significantly below the average began before the age of 18 years accompanied by a decrease of adaptive function. Delays in handling that result in people with mental retardation become difficult to handle. So far to achieve the task of handling the development of mental retardation is emphasized to the institution or school. Family support is important for the stages of child development retardation mentals to enhance adaptive functioning of individuals, making it an independent reaching task of develepoment, good social skills and improve health. Purpose of this study is to separately examine the correlation between family support with achievement of developmental tasks heavy mental retardation child at special needs education YPAC Kaliwates-Jember. Type of research is Analytical Descriptive with Cross Sectional approach. Sampling method used is saturated sampling amount 30 student. Research implemented at special needs education YPAC Kaliwates-Jember. Analisis was used Rank Spearman correlation. On the results obtained value p is 0,0005. Based on test results looking at the value significancy p<α (0,0005<0,05) found at there is H rejected they was significant correlation between family support with achievement of developmental tasks heavy mental retardation child at special needs education YPAC Kaliwates-Jember. Spearman correlation (r) r=0,722, found at there positive correlation with the strength of strong correlation. Conclusion that higher family support, the more accomplished the task of of developmental tasks heavy mental retardation child.