| dc.description.abstract | Every child with special needs has different abilities and potential despite their
limitations. To de velop the abilities and potential of children w ith special needs,
there needs to be support from the families of children with physical disabilities.
Family support is needed by every individual in their life cycle. Family support
will be increasingly need ed when children with physical disabilities are facing
problems or illness , this is where the role of parents or family is needed to g o
through difficult times that children experience. There are three forms of family
support provided to children with phys ical disabilities, namely instrumental,
emotion al and informational support. This research aims to find out how
instrumental, emotional, and informational support from families is for children
with physical disabilities who are at the Medan class D Develo pment Foundation
for Disabled Children (YPAC). The method used in this research is qualitative
with a descriptive approach . The data collection techniques used were
observation, interviews and documentation The research results show that
instrumental sup port tends to be low, where some parents or fam ilies cannot
provide this support because of inadequate economic conditions, emotional
support also tends to be low where there is one child who does not receive this
support. Lastly, informational support, wh ich tends to be the most effective, is
given by parents or families to children with class D physical disabilities at
YPAC Medan. With this informational support, children feel loved, comfortable ,
and helped in caring for themselves to develop the child’s abilities and potential.
The author’s advice to parents is to strengthen emotional and instrumental
support, then YPAC to be able to collaborate with professional social workers and
finally to teach ers and YPAC administrators to be able to open communicati on
with parents or families. | en_US |
