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European Journal of Special Education Research ISSN: 2501 - 2428 ISSN-L: 2501 - 2428 Available on-line at: www.oapub.org/edu Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 doi: 10.5281/zenodo.231330 STUDY OF REPRODUCTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN SLB-C SURAKARTA, INDONESIA Tri Sayektii, Sunardi, Nunuk Suryani Postgraduate of Special Education Program, Sebelas Maret University Surakarta Abstract: This study aims to determine the teachers’ understanding and needs on reproduction health education at high school for students with Mental Retardation in SLB CG YPPCG Surakarta, SLB PBM Surakarta, SLB YSSD Surakarta and SLB N Surakarta. This study is a kind of qualitative research with case study type. Subject in this study is teachers of students with Mental Retardation in 10th until 12th grade in 4 SLB-C in Surakarta with total of 12 respondents. Data was collected by using the instrument of knowledge and attitude understanding. Data was analyzed by sing descriptive qualitative. In this research, there are three aspects: the majority of teachers do not understand about reproduction health education yet, all respondents indicate that there are no reproduction health education programs in schools, and all respondents suggest that it is important to have education reproduction health for children with Mental Retardation. Keywords: mental retardation, reproduction, health education 1. Introduction Every citizen has right to obtain education. This statement is stated in UUD 1945 (Constitution of Indonesia 1945) article 31, paragraph 1. Beside, SISDIKNAS (National Education System) article 5 Regulation no. year paragraph states that citizens with physical, emotional, mental, intellectual, and/or social disorder have right to get special education . Children with special needs based on Hallahan and Kauffman (1991) are i Correspondence: email trisayekti@gmail.com Copyright © The Author(s). All Rights Reserved. © 2015 – 2017 Open Access Publishing Group 79 Tri Sayekti , Sunardi, Nunuk Suryani STUDY OF REPRODUCTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN SLB-C SURAKARTA, INDONESIA children, who are different from normal in general, due to some disorders in thinking, seeing, hearing, socializing, and moving (Efendi, 2008: 2). One of those children stated in the regulation no. 12 year 2010 is mentally retarded children. According to Munzayanah (2000: 13), mentally retarded children are children with thinking development disorder and also for their entire personality, so that they cannot live independently in society even in a simple way. Although mentally retarded children are slow in their cognitive development, mentally retarded children have same sexual development as normal children in general. However, mentally retarded children often have sexual deviance due to some factors. This topic is raised by Farisa (2013) in her research with title Factors Causing Sexual Deviance on Mentally Retarded Teenagers in SLB N Semarang. The objective of this research is to describe deviant behaviors experienced by mentally retarded teenagers. The research, conducting by using interview and observation on two mentally retarded teenagers, concluded that factors causing sexual deviance are libido and hormone change. The other factor is caused by the disorder itself, parenting, and peer relationship. Sexual deviance behavior on mentally retarded children needs to be overcome. One solution to overcome this problem is by giving reproduction health education for mentally retarded children as observed by Schaafsma (2014) in the research with title Effective Methods for Teaching Sex Education to Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review. The research describes factors needed in giving sex education for mentally retarded children with systematic review. 20 articles were used to be concluded that it needs methods to develop education, skills, and also behavior. Those three terms need deeper attention in order methods used can work well. In reproduction health education, teacher is the most important element to conduct this program. Teachers’ role is vital in reproduction health education program, especially for mentally retarded students, to give them understanding about what reproduction health is, how to take car and protect. The aim of this research is to determine teachers’ understanding and needs about reproduction health education for mentally retarded students of senior high school in SLB CG YPPCG of Surakarta, SLB PBM of Surakarta, SLB YSSD of Surakarta, and SLB N Surakarta. In this research, researcher observed teachers’ understanding about reproduction health, existed reproduction health program, and also suggestion about the importance of reproduction health program for mentally retarded students. European Journal of Special Education Research - Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 80 Tri Sayekti , Sunardi, Nunuk Suryani STUDY OF REPRODUCTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN SLB-C SURAKARTA, INDONESIA 2. Method This research is a kind of qualitative research. 12 teachers who teach 10 th until 12th grade mentally retarded students become subject of the research. It is conducted in SLB CG YPPCG Surakarta, SLB C PBM Surakarta, SLB YSSD Surakarta and SLB N Surakarta. Data collected by using questionnaire about reproduction health education. The instrument is validated through content validation. Content validation is carried out using expert judgment about its content and language. Further, it would be revised and finally it can be used to collect data. Data is then analyzed by using qualitative descriptive. 3. Results 3.1 Teachers’ understanding about reproduction health education Table 1: Teachers’ understanding about reproduction health education No Level of Understanding Total Percentage 1 Understand 2 16,7% 2 Fairly understand 6 50% 3 Not understand 4 33,3% 12 100% Total Data above shows the understanding of mentally retarded students’ teachers about reproduction health. From 12 respondents, 2 respondents indicate that they understand, 6 respondents do not really understand, and 4 respondents do not understand. It can be presented in the form of graphic as follows. Graphic 1: Teachers’ understanding about reproduction health European Journal of Special Education Research - Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 81 Tri Sayekti , Sunardi, Nunuk Suryani STUDY OF REPRODUCTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN SLB-C SURAKARTA, INDONESIA From the result, it can be concluded that most of teachers do not really understand yet about reproduction health. 3.2 Implementation of Reproduction Health Learning Program in Class for Mentally Retarded Students of SMALB Table 2: Implementation of Reproduction Health Learning Program in Class for Mentally Retarded Students of SMALB No Reproduction Health Education Total Percentage 1 Exist 0 0% 2 Not exist 12 100% Total 12 100% Table 2 above shows the existence of reproduction health education program in class for mentally retarded students of SMALB. From 12 respondents, all respondents state that there is no reproduction health education program in school. It can be presented in the form of graphic as follows. Graphic 2: Implementation of Reproduction Health Learning Program in Class for Mentally Retarded Students of SMALB European Journal of Special Education Research - Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 82 Tri Sayekti , Sunardi, Nunuk Suryani STUDY OF REPRODUCTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN SLB-C SURAKARTA, INDONESIA 3.3 Teachers’ Suggestion about the Importance of Reproduction Health Education for Mentally Retarded Students Table 3: Teachers’ Suggestion about the Importance of Reproduction Health Education for Mentally Retarded Students No Reproduction Health 1 Important 2 Unimportant Total Table Total Percentage 12 100% 0 0% 12 100% above shows teachers’ suggestion about the importance of reproduction health education for mentally retarded students. From 12 respondents, 12 respondents suggest that reproduction health education for mentally retarded students is important. It can be presented in the form of graphic as follows. Graphic 3: Teachers’ Suggestion about the Importance of Reproduction Health Education for Mentally Retarded Students 4. Discussion From the result above, it shows that most of the understanding level of teachers teaching mentally retarded students is very low. It is because there is no reproduction health education program in class for mentally retarded students in SMALB and no special training about reproduction health for mentally retarded students. Schaafsma, D (2014) in the research titled Identifying Effective Methods for Teaching Sex Education to Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review elaborated factors European Journal of Special Education Research - Volume 2 │ Issue 1 │ 2017 83 Tri Sayekti , Sunardi, Nunuk Suryani STUDY OF REPRODUCTION HEALTH EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR CHILDREN WITH MENTAL RETARDATION IN SLB-C SURAKARTA, INDONESIA needed in sex education for mentally retarded students. It needs methods to develop knowledge and skill. Also for the implementation of reproduction health education program in class for mentally retarded students of SMALB, it should be given special program for mentally retarded students and teachers are forced to understand reproduction health for mentally retarded students. If teachers do not understand about the importance of reproduction health education and there is no reproduction health education program in class for mentally retarded students of SMALB, it gives impact for the students. They may have sexual deviance. This is in line with research from Farisa, D. et al. (2013) stated that factors causing sexual deviance are libido and hormone change. It is also caused by disorder itself, parenting, and peer relationship. In this case, teachers’ attention in school can be one of the factors. Thus, reproduction health education for mentally retarded students is very important. 5. 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