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Abstract
This study aimed to find out the interpretation of the religious understanding of hearing and speech-impaired children whether it is in accordance with thinking theory in religious psychology according to Piaget, Salkind, Hurlock and Zakiah Daradjat. This qualitative research used interviews to obtain the interpretation of children's religious understanding. The eight aspects that are explored are religion, God, prayer, merit and sin, angels and demons, heaven and hell, death and doomsday. The results of this study indicated that 7 and 8 year old children with hearing impairments interpreted the eight aspects of the religion with religious symbols, and with something that is made real to them. This is in accordance with the theories of Piaget, Salkind, Hurlock, and Zakiah Daradjat; Children who are totally deaf could interpret religion, hell and death in more detail than children who still have very good hearing. From this study, it was also obtained the factors that influence and the constraints, namely age and its hearing impairement, were the reason for parents and teachers not to provide in-depth and precise information about religion due to limitations in communication. Therefore, the researcher provide advice in the form of a good two-way communication approach between parents and children and visual media become one of the good and appropriate communication media to help communicate with hearing and speech-impaired children.
Highlights
Religion in the modern era is seen as an essence in the pattern of human attitudes, especially in building a religious perspective of children
Based on the research that has been done so far, there is a new picture of hearing-speech impaired children
In grades 1 and 2 of Sekolah Dasar Luar Biasa, the learning process used thematic models emphasizing more on the introduction of the environment. This means that children already recognize themselves and accept their differences with others. This is as explained by the Religion Teacher at the interview on November 24, 2017
Summary
Religion in the modern era is seen as an essence in the pattern of human attitudes, especially in building a religious perspective of children. The spiritual aspects of hearing and impairment children experience a gap amid the limitations of knowing their God and interacting through worship and realizing religious norms (Gerungan, 2004). Children with hearing and speech impairments have the same opportunities as normal children in general. They have the right to grow well especially spiritually
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