Rumah Cerdas Bina Diri for Mentally Disabled in Banturejo Village, Ngantang District, Malang

Abstract

Rumah Cerdas Bina Diri" for Mentally Disabled implemented in Banturejo Village, Ngantang District, Malang. In addition to the lack of knowledge about children with special needs, the community in Banturejo Village is still not aware of the importance of special education services for mentally disabled, whereas special education services are needed for children with mentally disabled, including selfservice capability. To overcome the problems in Banturejo Village, we created a program of "Rumah Cerdas Bina Diri" for Mentally Disabled which has several methods in its implementation. These methods include: (1) socialization, (2) counseling, (3) identification, (4) self-development activities, (5) cadre and (6) institutions strengthening. The results that want to achieve from this program are the dissemination of information about equitable mentally disabled, awareness of the importance of special education services for mentally disabled, closer recognition of mentally disabled children, training in self-development abilities for mentally disabled, and finding the successor of "Rumah Cerdas Bina Diri" for Mentally Disabled.