The research aims to describe the social development and behavior of autistic children and find ways to develop the social skills and behavior of autistic children during the COVID-19 pandemic. The research method is qualitative research. The data ware collected using interviews, documentation studies, and observations on parents and special assistant teachers for children with autism spectrum disorders of primary and secondary school age. Check the validity of the data used source triangulation. The results showed that autistic children during this pandemic experienced a decline in behavioral, social, and communication aspects. The method that is considered effective in overcoming this is by using daily activities for the development of social skills and behavior. The components of these activities are 1). Creating communication using verbal and visual language. 2). Develop new routines by forming new habits. 3). Monitor the mental development and physical health of children. 4). Establish regular collaboration and communication with schools. 5). Utilize existing human resources at home. 6). Literacy practice in children. 7). Always involve children in daily activities at home. 8). Encouraging children's social relations to connect with friends and teachers by utilizing technology media.

The creation of good relations between family members during the COVID-19 pandemic is considered important to accommodate the learning needs of autistic children as during the pandemic, they are not able to learn optimally. This study aims to establish the role of family counseling in handling autistic children during at-home learning. The research uses a qualitative case study design. The informants were parents and core families of autistic children, and data collection involved interviews, observations, and documentation. The data analysis techniques employed were inductive analysis through reduction, data description, data coding, interpretation, and conclusions. The results show that the involvement of family members took place on a scheduled basis, relations between them improve, and making independent. The passion for building self-potential by developing a sense of respect for family members who help with autistic children's activities when learning from home. Family counseling through the involvement of family members can have a positive effect on the behavioral development of autistic children and a beneficial impact on other family members. The implication is that family counseling can be applied to help the social-emotional development of autistic children.

The purpose of this study is to describe collaboration-based learning in elementary schools. This type of research is qualitative research with a phenomenological approach. The speakers in this study were teachers and principals. Collecting data through observation, in-depth interviews, and documentation study. The validity of the data used was the triangulation of methods and sources. Data analysis in this study used data reduction, data presentation, and conclusion drawing. The results of the study show in 2 ways: 1). Collaborative learning where students do more learning through class discussions and completing assignments in groups. The implementation of this collaborative learning is carried out to create child-friendly schools that always involve students in real activities. teachers who teach learning in both high and low classes orientate their students to always communicate and interact in the teaching and learning process. 2). The implementation of the outing class is carried out programmatically by each class teacher to suit the theme being studied. This activity is carried out in places that have a value following the theme being studied for the achievement of student attitudes. This activity has been programmed in all classes with the scheduling system for each class.

<p class="abstrak"><span>This study aims to describe the form of collaboration between parents and counselor in learning services for children with special needs. This research is a case study on children with special needs with ADHD and Autism. The resource persons in this study were parents, counselor and peers of children with special needs. Qualitative data analysis technique was carried out inductively with Miles Huberman's interactive model analysis, which began with collecting data through observation notes, and interviews with 2 ADHD children and 2 Autism children. The results of the study indicate that the collaboration between parents and counselor can increase the enthusiasm for learning for children with special needs so that their learning development can run optimally. In this collaboration pattern, several different collaboration patterns were found in research on crew members as objects. The form of collaboration is virtual, face-to-face and carried out with both modes. This form of learning service for ABK is carried out in the form of collaborative guidance between parents and counselor internally and externally</span><span lang="EN-US">.</span></p>