Multisensory Approaches to Enhancing Students’ Readiness for Special Education Learning Disabilities
Abstract
A multisensory approach is a necessary component of special education learning that can enhance children’s sensory capabilities such as vision (visual), auditory (hearing), kinaesthetic (movement) and textile (touch) to focus more on learning. The purpose of this study was to see how effective the multisensory approach in Special Education Learning Disabilties is to students with learning problems’ willingness involving cognitive, physical, emotional and social domains to help them learn in the classroom during the learning and teaching process. The researcher used qualitative methods using observation, document analysis, and structured interview protocols as instruments in this study. The results show that the multisensory approach can accelerate the thinking process and enhance the learning readiness of special education students, especially for autism students. Implications and suggestions, the researchers suggest that further studies may be conducted on students with different disabilities such as special education students with visual impairments, special education students with hearing problems, pre-school and mainstream students.
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