Parental Care in Forming Non-Academic Outstanding Children with Mental Disabilities at SLBN Banjarnegara

Abstract

Parenting is a process that parents must carry out in directing, supporting, and guiding children in a real, social, and mental manner. Parents must guide children, one of which is in terms of education. Tunagrahitaan is a person with special needs with intellectual, physical, social, emotional, and social retardation who requires special attention to develop maximum potential. Achievement is a real ability obtained from an interaction of various factors that influence both from within and outside the individual in learning. Achievements are achieved through work tenacity, where each individual pursues achievements according to their respective fields and abilities. Getting achievements is what all students want both in academic achievement and non-academic achievement, including for children with special needs with mental disabilities. In SLBN Banjarnegara, there are several children with mental disabilities who excel in non-academic fields, parenting in shaping children is a necessary and important thing in developing the potential of children with mental disabilities at SLBN Banjarnegara. This study aims to find out how the care carried out by parents in shaping children with mental disabilities with non-academic achievements. This research uses a type of case study research, with a qualitative descriptive approach by conducting research at SLBN Banjarnegara, research sources in the form of primary and secondary data sources, and the process of collecting research data through interviews, observations, and documentation. the care provided by the parents of children with mental disabilities forming non-academically outstanding children has provided care from each parent, starting from providing care, meeting needs, and motivating children to develop their potential and excel. The parenting style carried out by each subject or parent in using the parenting style or type, including using supportive and permissive.