THE SPEAKING ABILITY IMPROVEMENT ON THE PRESCHOOLERS WITH CEREBRAL PALSY THROUGH SPEECH THERAPY

Abstract

The Speaking Ability Improvement on the Preschooler with Cerebral Palsy through Speech Therapy. This study aims to improve the speaking ability of the preschoolers with cerebral palsy through speech therapy, and describe the child's ability to speak before action, during action, and after action. The subject is preschoolers with cerebral palsy at Sekolah Luar Biasa YPAC Manado, who are 4 children. This study uses the action research conducted in three cycles, each cycle includes three phases, i.e. planning, execution and observation, and reflection. The results show that the speech ability can be enhanced through the use of speech quality improvement. The speech ability improvement is reinforced with a difference of the initial assessment results, which is 21.5%, and the final result (77.5%), that is significant.

Keywords: speaking ability, preschoolers, cerebral palsy, speech therapy.

Author
Ni Luh Putri