EFFECTIVENESS OF MELANKOLIS AS LEARNING
MEDIA TO INCREASE ABILITY TO READ OF CHILDREN
WITH MILD INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY CLASS III IN
SLB ABC IBNU SINA BANDUNG

Wulan Yulian , Iqbal Mauludin Indonesia University of Education
Jl. Dr. Setiabudhi 229 Bandung West Java Indonesia, 40154
E-mail:vulianvudistira@ymail.com

Jl. Raya Cibiru KM 15, Bandung West Java Indonesia, 40393
E-mail:iiqmaul95@gmail.com

Abstract
This study began when researchers discovered the problems of children with mild intellectual disability in SLB ABC IBNU SINA Bandung. The problems are the subject of research have problem learning in reading and communicating caused by abnormalities of speech organs. Based on these problems, researchers tried to create media that can help children to read and then communicate by writing, the media named MELANKOLIS (Early reading and Communicate by writing). The research method used was experimental research with SSR (Single Subject Research) approach and A-B-A design. Through MELANKOLIS, proven ability to read on the subject of research can be increased, it can be seen from the increase in the ability to read, where the early conditions of children only scored 33.3% before treatment was given. And then when treatment was given using MELANKOLIS media, children got score 60% with researcher"s help. And in the last phase children got score 80% after treatment was given using MELANKOLIS media without help from researcher. From these data it can be concluded that MELANKOLIS is effective media learning to help children read and communicate by writing.

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