Daftar Isi:
  • Permasalahanpenerimaanorangtua (parental acceptance)terhadapanakdown syndromeakanberdampakterhadappsikologis, danprestasianak di sekolahsertakemandiriananak. Penelitianinibertujuanmerumuskan program penerimaanorangtua yang memilikianakdown syndrome. Subjekpenelitianadalahtiga orang tua yang memilikianak down syndrom.Observasi, wawancaradandokumentasidigunakanuntukmenggali data yang berhubungandengankondisiobjektifpenerimaanorangtuasertaupaya yang telahdilakukansekolahuntukmeningkatkanpenerimaanorangtua.Hasilanalisis data menunjukkanpenerimaantigasubjekorangtuamasihberadapadatahapansecondary phasedimanamasihmunculperasaanbertentangan, merasabersalah, marah, maludanmerasadipermalukan, sertakebingungandalammengasuhanak.Programpenerimaanorangtua yang memilikianakdown syndrome berisiempataspek yang diramudarifaktor-faktor yang mempengaruhipenerimaanyakni: knowledge support, religius support, emotional support dansosial support. Kesesuian program dengankebutuhanorangtuadanmemperhatikanprinsipfleksibelitasakanmengarahkanorangtuauntukmenerimakondisianaknya yang down syndrome.------------------------------------- Parental acceptance issues to down syndrom children will have an impact on the psychological, and children's achievement in school and children's independence. This study aims to formulate the program acceptance of parents who have children Down syndrome. Research subjects were three parents who had a Down syndrome child. Observations, interviews and documentation are used to explore data relating to the objective conditions of parental acceptance as well as the efforts that schools have made to improve parental acceptance. The result of data analysis shows acceptance of three subject of parent still on stage of secondary phase where still feel conflicting feeling, feel guilty, angry, embarrassed and feel humiliated, and confusion in parenting. Parental acceptance programs with Down syndrome children contain four aspects that are mixed from factors that affect acceptance, namely: knowledge support, religious support, emotional support and social support. The suitability of the program with the needs of parents and paying attention to the principle of flexibility will lead parents to accept the condition of their down syndrome children.