Teachers’ Efforts in Overcoming Learning Difficulties of Autistic Students in RA Miftahu Jannah

Abstract

Teacher efforts are essential to overcome the learning difficulties autistic students face. Teachers as one of the determining aspects of autistic student achievement during the learning process and teachers must be adept at determining effective learning methods for autistic students. This study aims to describe the learning difficulties of autistic students and describe the teacher's efforts in overcoming the learning difficulties of autistic students. This research is qualitative research with a case study approach. Sample of this study 1 teacher and 1 autistic student.  Data collection through observation, interviews, and documentation. Furthermore, analysis activities with data reduction, data presentation and conclusions. The results showed that teachers use various techniques tailored to the individual needs of autistic students, teachers make various efforts to overcome the learning difficulties of autistic students namely, Teachers provide learning motivation, provide various teaching methods, provide sufficient and repetitive exercises, create a comfortable and conducive learning environment. From the variety of teacher efforts to overcome the learning difficulties of autistic students, it can be drawn that the efforts that teachers often make in overcoming the learning difficulties of autistic students are in the form of teacher efforts to provide learning motivation and teacher efforts in providing a variety of teaching methods.