PERAN SHADOW TEACHER TERHADAP PERKEMBANGAN KEMAMPUAN BINA DIRI SISWA BERKEBUTUHAN KHUSUS (STUDI KASUS SD ISLAM FATHIA)

One of the best gifts that God gives is the gift of a child, including a child who has special needs and needs special education. What is meant by special education is a child who needs special care mentally, intellectually, emotionally, and physically because their needs are different from the needs of children in general. Therefore, a facilitator is needed who can help children with special needs in developing self-development skills to be responsible for themselves. The shadow teacher is a shadow teacher who is expected to be able to help children with special needs in developing self-development abilities. This study explains how the role of the Shadow Teacher has on the Development of Self-Development Ability for students who have special needs which focuses on the role of the shadow for children with special needs. This research uses a qualitative approach with a case study method. The subject of this research is the shadow teacher in elementary school. Fathia Islam. The data collection methods used in this research are field observations, semi-structured interviews to obtain in-depth results, and documentation. Researchers use content validation to test the relevance of research. Researchers used data collection techniques with data reduction, data presentation and drawing conclusions. The results of the study show that the shadow teacher has an important role in helping the development of the self-development abilities of students with special needs, according to the narrative of the class teacher who has a shadow teacher in his class, children with a shadow teacher will be more able to attend lessons, and the shadow teacher can educate children to become more independent.

Keywords: Shadow teacher, Self Development, Development