Dr. Mumpuniart i, M Pd 1*
1. Special Educat ion Depart ment , Facult y of Educat ion; Yogyakart a St at e Universit y: Colombo st reet 1 Yogyakart a.
Cor r espondi ng aut hor. E-mai l :
1. int el l ect ual disabil it y ref ers t o an individual
perspect ive f rom t he societ y.
4. The societ y is l ikel y t o assume t he individual as a person who cannot invol ve t ot al l y in t he social l if e.
5. The probl em covers t he skil l s needed by t he individual t o earn a l iving f or him or hersel f and t he skil l s required t o l ive wel l in t he midst of societ y.
6. The research f inding impl icit l y emphasizes on t he usef ul skil l f or t he individual wit h int el l ect ual disabil it y is t o be t rained
wit hin a nat ural at mosphere.
7. To t hat end, int el l igence disabil it y al so needs t o have coaching on sel f -direct ion skil l s so as t o support independency, in
addit ion t o t he skil l s t hat made vocat ional f iel d.
1.
t his st udy is t o describe t he
t eacher's percept ion of t he
needs of t he t ransit ion
program int o adult hood f or
t he children wit h int ellect ual
disabilit y in Yogyakart a.
2.
It also highlight s t he guidance
1. Sel f -det erminat ion is a cent ral skil l t o t he disabil it y of int el l igence, because t he
4. Int el l ect ual disabil it y or ment al ret ardat ion, is "charact erized by signif icant l imit at ion bot h in int el ect ual f unct ioning and in
adapt ive behavior as expressed in
concept ual , social , and pract ical adapt ive behavior management according t o t he manners in societ y and adapt ive
7.
Urgent milest ones of t he t ransit ion
program int o adult hood f or children
wit h int ellect ual disabilit ies is t he
compet ence t o carry out daily lif e
act ivit ies, including f or act ivit ies t hat
require vocat ional skills
8.
To t hat end, a milest one t o be able t o
explore opport unit ies and overcome
challenges in communit y t ransit ion
programs t o adult hood, including t he
abilit y t o st eer t hemselves (self
The st udy was conduct ed t hrough a survey in f ive Special Schools in Yogyakart a.
The schools, which are cat egorized as having a
maj orit y of ment ally ret arded st udent s/ int ellect ual disabilit y,
The dat a were collect ed t hrough an open
quest ionnaire and int erview conduct ed as t o t he st rengt hening of t he open quest ionnaire result s.
The dat a were analyzed by using t he cat egories
A. The results show the variety of the effectiveness
of the program-adult transition period.
B. That program will be showed at five of schools,
they are:
1. Program ‘ Marsudhi Putra Bantul’s of special
school.
2. Program at ‘ Rela Bhakti Sleman’s of special
school.
3. Program at ‘ Bhakti Kencana Sleman’s of special
school
4. Program at ‘ Pembina’ of special school
5. Program at Dharma Renaring Putra II of special
In t his school t here are some skills t hat are
t aught t o children wit h int ellect ual
challenges such as making ml i nj o chips, salt ed egg, mendoan, quail and cat t le f arming.
t he parent s already know and agree on t he
The school has provided t he st udent s wit h
workshops, cooking skill , sewing skill , brick
making, carpent ry, and bat i k skill in order f or t hem t o be successf ul and independent .
The school t rain t he st udent s t hrough skill
subj ect s, 75% vocat ional every day, 17
hoursclas/ week course every child t hat has dif f erent charact erist ics, so t hat adj ust ed
The t ypes of vocat ional skil l s provided by SLB Bhakt i Kencana incl ude wood craf t , bat ik, weaving, and sewing.
Basic vocat ional educat ion st udent s
st art ing in el ement ary school . In j unior
Manufacture of batik
Equipment
t hat is
used in
Preparat ion t hrough educat ion skills since
high school. Here t here are culinary maj ors, salon, IT, agricult ure (ornament al plant s), clot hing, t imber, aut omot ive and ceramics.
Program is select ed according t o t he
Schools prepare a program t hat suit s
t he st udent s’ t alent s and int erest
such as making salt ed eggs,
t ailoring, and f ood science.
Given program must be adj ust ed t o
1. The research has a very f undament al level surveys t o map t he needs of programs and business schools and t o equip t he st udent s
t oward int ellect ual disabilit ies t ransit ion int o t he adult world.
3. The limit at ions of t he dat a obt ained can young children have f inished high school and t hey did not achieve communit y living
out comes, t here needs t o be a milest one f or it t o be able t o explore opport unit ies and
5. The result of t his survey is t o be a
st art ing point f or a more comprehensive
enhancement and ref inement of t he
t ransit ion program int o adult hood.
6. The curriculum changes will
encourage t he t eachers’ creat ivit y in
t hat t hey will be condit ioned t o design a
lif e skill program t hat covers bot h
1. The t eachers have not yet seen t hat self
-det erminat ion skil l i s anot her part of t he t ransit ion program int o adult hood.
2. They have been t hinking t hat lif e skil ls are t he
only component of t he program.
3. For most t eachers, t he ef f ect iveness of a
t ransit ion program int o adult hood is indicat ed by t he lif e skill s being achieved by t he st udent s wit h int ellect ual disabilit y.
4. The st udent s, however, need t o be equipped by
