HYPERACTIVE BEHAVIOUR OF CHILDREN WITH MENTAL DISABILITIES AT BC KURNIA SPECIAL SCHOOL KERSAMANAH GARUT WEST JAVA

Abstract

Hyperactive behaviour shows symptoms of abnormality, that is unique and tendency of inability to focus on certain things. The purposes of this research are to examine: 1) Characteristic of informants, 2) form of hyperactive behaviour of children with disabilities, 3) factors that causing hyperactive behaviour on children with disabilities. The research used qualitative research methodology with descriptive approach. The data resources are primary and secondary data sources. The techniques of data collection were using in-depth interview, observation and documentation study. Validity check used purposive sampling techniques with certain consideration applied, that are namely people who later will facilitate the researcher in exploring the social object or situation that being examined. The results showed that the attention disorder with hyperactivity (ADH) or Attention Deficit and Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD), conversely called Minimal Brain Disfunction Syndrome. This syndrome or situation marked by behaviour of the child who has had difficulty staying calm, disrupting other people, cutting off the conversation of the teachers and or peers, furthermore, experiencing the difficulty to understand topics that being taught by the teachers.