EFEKTIVITAS TOKEN SOSIAL HABITUASI DALAM MENINGKATKAN KETERAMPILAN KOMUNIKASI VERBAL ANAK
Date
2022-10-01
Authors
Ridho Rinaldi
Ellya Susilowati
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Perpustakaan
Abstract
The habituation of social tokens is the result of engineering token economy
technology which is designed to intervene to change the behavior of children,
including street children. One of the problems with street children is having
problems with verbal communication skills during the learning process in class as
a long-term effect due to too much activity on the streets and problems with family
dysfunction. The novelty of the habituation social token is that it contains a new
step, firstly there is an exercise in target behavior through techniques (prompting,
modeling, role play) before being given assignments and reinforcement. Second,
there is a two-stage intrinsic motivation strengthening session through techniques
(logical discussion and giving advice). This study aims to test the effectiveness of
habituation social tokens in improving children's verbal communication skills
during the learning process. The research method used a single-subject design
with multiple baselines across subjects. The subjects in the study were three
students assisted by the Bangun Bahagia Sejahteran Foundation (Bagea) who
were less skilled in verbal communication during the learning process. The results
showed that the application of habituation social tokens was proven to improve
verbal communication skills across subjects. The frequency of the target behavior
increased significantly, the subject became brave to ask questions, answer and
play roles. Subjects were able to display habituation of new behaviors such as
saying thank you, raising hands or permission before asking questions, making
eye contact, clear pronunciation, clear sounding intonation and being able to say
greetings before leading the group. The feasibility analysis of the final design was
carried out using the SWOT method with a quantitative approach. The results of
the feasibility analysis show in quadrant I with IFAS 1,77 and EFAS 1,12 scores,
which means that it is feasible to be implemented through a progressive strategy.
Habituation social tokens can be a renewable intervention option for changing
children's behavior.
Keywords:
Habituation social tokens; verbal communication skills; behavior modification;
social work technology engineering; Street children