Stress Management Training For Persons With Disabilities In Sedayu District

Abstract

People with disabilities have a high level of stress. People with physical disabilities are often not accepted by society, criticized, stigmatized and not encouraged to live independently and productively so that they become psychological pressure. People with disabilities are often seen as a burden to families and society. Proper infrastructural support for persons with disabilities is also lacking. One of the efforts to fulfill the rights of persons with disabilities is by establishing an Inclusive Village or a disability-friendly village to be implemented by village government. Persons with disabilities are expected to have equal opportunities to participate in development. Through inclusive villages, it is hoped that the community will support the fulfillment of the rights of persons with disabilities to be productive. Motivation and mental health are one of the factors that affect the productivity of persons with disabilities.
 LazisMu as an activity partner, is a forum for people with disabilities to increase productivity and independence. Argosari Village, Sedayu, Bantul, Yogyakarta has a commitment to become an inclusive village. The Community Partnership Program that has been implemented before is to form an organization of persons with disabilities in Argosari village which includes economic empowerment. Increasing motivation and mental health for persons with disabilities are factors that must be developed so that economic empowerment for persons with disabilities can run well and realize the productivity of persons with disabilities.
 This community service program is expected to be able to overcome the problem of the need to increase the motivation and mental health of persons with disabilities in Argosari Inclusion Village, Sedayu, Bantul by practicing effective stress management. Activities carried out through training. The activity began with the preparation of the stress and motivation management module for persons with disabilities which was compiled by the community service team. Furthermore, the module will be trained for persons with disabilities in Argosari Inclusion Village, Sedayu, Bantul. Participants were 23 persons with disabilities from Argosasi Village, Sedayu, Bantul. Assessment of the stress level of the participants was carried out at the beginning of the activity using the Self Reporting Questionnaire (SRQ-20) and the results showed that 7 participants (30%) had a score > 6 or experienced mental emotional disorders. After the training, participants said they really felt the benefits of this community service activity and would continue it on an ongoing basis in each village in Sedayu sub-district, Bantul