FKIP – A student of the Postgraduate Educational Sciences Study Program, Faculty of Teacher Training and Education (FKIP) Universitas Sebelas Maret (UNS) Surakarta (UNS), Agung Prasetyo won a Doctorate without having to take the Doctoral Promotion Open Examination Session.

Agung Prasetyo’s success in graduating without haven to take part in the Doctoral Promotion Open Examination Session was due to his article passing the Scopus Quartil-2 (Q-2) Journal entitled “Inclusion School for Early Childhood in The Outdoor Classroom”. The article was published in Hunan University Academic Journal (Natural Sciences Edition), Journal of Hunan University (Natural Sciences). So that by the UNS Chancellor’s Regulations, where students who have articles that can penetrate the Scopus Q-2 Journal, do not need to take part in the Doctoral Promotion Open Examination Session.

According to Agung Prasetyo, his dissertation research has 3 main objectives, namely: 1) to describe the learning process for autistic children that has been carried out so far, 2) to develop an appropriate Fun & Play learning model in improving the social skills of autistic children and 3. ) to determine the effectiveness of the Fun & Play learning model in improving the social skills of autistic children,” explained Agung Prasetyo.

According to him, the key to a good education is the involvement of adults, namely caring parents and teachers. If parents are directly involved in children’s education at school, then the child’s achievement will increase. The implementation of education must pay attention to the interests, needs, and readiness of students to learn. This does not only apply to children in general but also children with Autistic Spectrum Disorder (ASD) or often referred to as autistic children.

Children with autism spectrum disorders are children who have obstacles in social skills, language development in communication, thus disrupting social interaction, and are often referred to as Pervasive Development Disorder (Sadock et al., 2010). These barriers affect children in the process of obtaining information as a result of learning. Barriers to children with autism must be minimized so that the potential of children can develop optimally.

The Fun & Play learning model can also improve the social skills of autistic children, considering the results of observations and interviews with both teachers and parents have been empirically and theoretically proven to improve the social skills of autistic children, because in the development process it has gone through various stages of testing.

The development of the Fun & Play learning model is expected to provide understanding to parents, the community, and teachers about effective learning for children with autism. “The Fun & Play learning model is expected to be disseminated for the sake of more effective and efficient learning for autistic children so that teachers/schools do not seem to avoid accepting students with autism, because they have the same learning rights as other children,” added Agung Prasetyo who now holds a new title as a Doctor of Education.

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Editor : Aulia Anjani

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