Behavior Therapy in Nature Environment, and the Application in an Inclusive Education Curriculum

Melati Ismi Hapsari, Roro Setyawati

2018

Abstract

This study examined an application of behavior therapy done in nature and open environment in an inclusive education curriculum. This was a qualitative study, and descriptive method was used for analyzing the data. It was provided by a depth interview and observation to the data sources (students, teachers and therapists as informants, process of therapy, and documents). This study was done in one of schools of nature that provided an inclusive education for early childhood with neurodevelopmental disorders. The results showed that behaviour therapy in open environment, in that school of nature was delivered comprehensively to all of child developmental needs, through 6 main programmes namely root programme for sensory motor, stem programme for communication, leaf programme for social skills, flower programme for self-help & daily activity, and fruit programme for pre/academic & talents. The second result showed that the therapy was applied integrated with the curriculum in 3 settings, 1) individual therapy (focused on root & stem programme), 2) group therapy (focused on root & leaf programme), 3) classical learning activities (focused on leaf, flower, and fruit programme). The third result showed that the therapy was appropriately based on applied behavior analysis approach. Targets of behavior were broken down into small steps and many repeated opportunities were provided with abundant reinforcement.

Paper Citation

in Harvard Style

Hapsari M. and Setyawati R. (2018). Behavior Therapy in Nature Environment, and the Application in an Inclusive Education Curriculum.In Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS, ISBN 978-989-758-435-0, pages 450-457. DOI: 10.5220/0008590704500457

in Bibtex Style

@conference{icp-hesos18,
author={Melati Ismi Hapsari and Roro Setyawati},
title={Behavior Therapy in Nature Environment, and the Application in an Inclusive Education Curriculum},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,},
year={2018},
pages={450-457},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0008590704500457},
isbn={978-989-758-435-0},
}

in EndNote Style

TY - CONF

JO - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Psychology in Health, Educational, Social, and Organizational Settings - Volume 1: ICP-HESOS,
TI - Behavior Therapy in Nature Environment, and the Application in an Inclusive Education Curriculum
SN - 978-989-758-435-0
AU - Hapsari M.
AU - Setyawati R.
PY - 2018
SP - 450
EP - 457
DO - 10.5220/0008590704500457