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Abstract

Autism is a brain disorder of pervasive development in children characterized by disturbances and delays
in the fields of cognitive, imagination, language, behavior, communication, and social interaction. Based on data
from the Indonesian Autism Foundation in 2013, there are 250 thousand people in Palangka Raya City, 20% of
them or around 50,000 are children and an estimated 100 children of autism. E-Therapy Autism Child with Multimedia
Approach (EAMA) is an e-therapy created by researchers, which includes elements of e-learning. EAMA
is a multimedia application software, a combination and development of autistic therapy method of Applied Behavioral
Analysis (ABA) and Treatment and education of autistic and Handicapped Children Related Communication
(TEACCH). EAMA’s target target is children with autism to improve optimally cognitive, psychomotor and
affective in children with autism. EAMA facilitates interventions for behavior change, and enhances psychomotor
abilities. In children with autism they are easier to receive information through audio visual. EAMA is a multimedia
that can help parents at home while with autism children as an exercise, and also as a learning method for
autism teachers in school while teaching. After EAMA then accompanied by practice or simulation on this part
as an evaluation of the increase in the ability of autism children. This research was conducted at Sekolah Khusus
Melati Ceria (SKMC), Palangka Raya City, 30 people as samples, with total sampling. Experimental design with
one group pre and post test, which measures the level of psychomotor and affective abilities of autism children,
before and with an intervention with the application designed by the researcher, namely EAMA. Statistical analysis
test with Wilcoxon. Research Results: Psychomotor level, before and after given the EAMA method ρ (0,000) <0,05
and Z (-4,899), then there is the influence of EAMA method with psychomotor level before and after giving EAMA
method. At the affective level, the value of ρ (0,000) <0,05 with a value of Z (Z -5,292, there is an effect of giving
EAMA methods with an increase in affective value in children with autism.

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388-394

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©2018Yena Wineini Migang, Ferdinand Mahardika

DOI

10.30597/mkmi.v14i4.5222

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