Resilience of Digital Learning for Children in Early Childhood with Autism Spectrum in Manado

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10.2991/aicosh-19.2019.27How to use a DOI?

Keywords

resilience, digital learning, children in early childhood, autism spectrum

Abstract

Children in Early Childhood (AUD) with Autistic Spectrum have a condition of developmental disorder of brain function (brain nerve cells) that can affect almost all aspects of individual development. The symptoms begin to appear from early childhood. Children in Early Childhood with Autistic Spectrum is surely facing physical, psychological, and social challenges to survive in family and school environments. This fact happened in several schools that have children in Early Childhood with Autistic Spectrum in Manado City. At the initial observations, the researchers interviewed some teachers who deal with children in Early Childhood with Autistic Spectrum who said that these children loved learning using gadgets, they were easier to understand the learning material using digital media than learning with non-digital media. For this reason, researchers were interested in conducting research on how the resilience of digital learning is on children in Early Childhood with Autism Spectrum in Manado city. This study used the theory of resilience and a qualitative approach with methods of observation, interviews, and documentation studies. The result of this study indicated that the resilience of children in early childhood with autism spectrum in using digital devices can be directly used by teachers and parents to develop their interests and talents with loving parenting style rather than compassionate. Teachers and parents must understand that children in Early Childhood with the autism spectrum also have sense of empathy, even though it is difficult for them to express it in the usual way because of the limitations both verbally and non-verbally. Children in Early Childhood with the autism spectrum also do not like changes, so it requires patience in educating them especially in directing those who have interest and resistance to digital learning devices.

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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  - Olivia Cherly Wuwung
AU  - Febri Kurnia Manoppo
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