Spiritual Transformation Healing for Children With Autism at Rumah Autis Depok, Indonesia

Abstract

Autism can be described as a severe neurobiological developmental disorder with early onset, causing problems in communicating and dealing with other people or their environment. Experts are still debating, whether autism should be listed as a disease. This research was conducted to find out the Spiritual Transformation Healing that was applied at Rumah Autis Depok. This research used ethnography of communication through the SPEAKING Grid. This research indicated that Quran therapy had a significant impact on children with autism. Quran therapy might be able to develop expected behaviors, such as controlling emotion, especially tantrums and meltdowns, for children with autism. Rumah Autis Depok applied Quran therapy since the opening of this branch (on February 14, 2009), as a part of spiritual transformation healing for families of children with autism.

A Phenomenological Study on Sexuality Education for Children and Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorder in Jakarta

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The Role Of Parents In Children's Independence When Memorizing The Al-Quran Online

“…Therefore we must be able to distinguish between verses (Kritzman et al, 2022) one from the other so that parents can distinguish the letters zho from tho so that children do not feel bored studying with parents even though studying remotely. Parents need to carry out guidance to keep their children under control in learning (Ayuningtyas, Sevilla, dan Uljanatunnisa 2022). Teach (Rombout, Schuitema, dan Volman 2022) is to guide the child so that the learning process will go well Children's independence towards online learning (Sanjaya, 2021) is one of the efforts children make to memorize the during a pandemic (Bolest, 2020).…”