The Use of A Stimulation and Detection Guidebook for Children Development Disorders in Early Childhood Education
AUTHORS
Nur Hayati,Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
Atien Nur Chamidah,Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
Arumi Savitri Fatimaningrum,Yogyakarta State University, Indonesia
ABSTRACT
The involvement of parents and the community is required to optimize early childhood development. It is necessary to have a practical guidebook that assists parents and the community in stimulating and detecting early childhood development. This study aimed to examine the results of the try-out of a draft guide to the detection and stimulation of the development of children aged 0 to 6. This research employed quantitative and qualitative designs, and the data was collected using a questionnaire and focus group discussion techniques. The research subjects included parents and early childhood educators in the Special Region of Yogyakarta. The results show that 84 percent of respondents found the draft guidebook was easy to understand and suited users' needs. This guidebook was also practical as it provided sufficient information for carrying out a preliminary screening of development disorders and stimulating as well as detecting the development of children aged 0 to 6. However, some revisions should be made, including the revisions of sentence structure, illustration adjustment, and alignment between stimulation steps and observation as well as detection steps.
KEYWORDS
Stimulation and detection, Development, Young children
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