Development of a Handbook to Improve Motor Coordination Among Students with Cerebral Palsy Type of Spastic Diplegia

摘要

The study aims to develop a handbook to improve the motor coordination of the learners of cerebral palsy type of spastic diplegia at YPAC (a Foundation for Children with Disabilities) in Surakarta, Indonesia. This study implemented 4-D development model from Thiagarajan which is define, design, develop, as for disseminate not applied. Further, the subject of research includes the learners of cerebral palsy with the type of spastic diplegia. The research instruments used were expert validation questionnaire, parent poll, teacher poll, and observation sheet. Data on small-scale trials were analyzed using the gain score test. Product eligibility based on the expert validation test showed the value of 81% and 89% feasibility percentage and a learning design expert showed the value of the qualification percentage of 83%. As for the test of the gain score in the individual trials showed ≥ 0.7 which means that the outcome of learning of students with cerebral palsy with the type of spastic diplegia based on the criteria of the gain score is on the medium criteria. It can be concluded, the handbook to improve the motor coordination of the learners with cerebral palsy with the type of spastic diplegia is worthy of use as a learning material for the students with cerebral palsy with the type of spastic diplegia with Good category.