Model of Reproductive Health Development in Adolescents with Special Needs: Intellectual Disabilities Based on Teacher Need Assessment in Yogyakarta Barkah Wulandari1*, Apri Nur Wulandari2
1. Lecturer at STIKES Notokusumo Yogyakarta
2. Lecturer at STIKES Notokusumo Yogyakarta
Abstract
Adolescents with intellectual disabilities are teenagers who have a low level of intelligence compared to adolescents of their age. This situation causes adolescents with intellectual disabilities have an inability to adapt a developmental behavior. It happens because they have the same biological development as adolescents of their age, thus often causing various problems related to reproduction. This condition because many teachers who have not received information about reproductive health, consider it taboo, especially for the topic of sexuality and the limitations of children^s abilities. So, the teacher^s role is limited to reminding or helping young girls to change pads when menstruating, helping and reminding them how to clean themselves after urinate or defecate. The research focus on the needs of teachers related to reproductive health based on need assessment in adolescents with intellectual disabilities. This research was conducted with a qualitative research approach with the Focus Group Discussion (FGD) Teacher. The study population was a teacher in SLB Negeri 2 Yogyakarta. There are 4 themes based on this study, namely: Adolescents with intellectual disabilities are feeling the need for sexuality, School Efforts in controlling sexual abuse of adolescents with intellectual disabilities in schools, Efforts to increase teacher capabilities is by providing reproductive health material, Need assessment of teacher needs for adolescents with intellectual disabilities reproductive health. This research have new result about teacher needs for reproductive health based on teacher needs assessment which is: Reproductive health curriculum, teaching instruments, parental participation for the sustainability of reproductive health materials at home. Reproductive health curriculum-related material in each age stage.
Keywords: adolescent- intellectual disabilities- reproductive health
