Learning Achievement of Physically Disabled Student in Physical Disability Specialized School in Bandung Academic Year 2014/2015

Background: The burden of children with physical disability also affects people around them. A lot of skills can be obtained by attending a special school, as special school has its program to overcome problems that arise from disabilities. Learning achievement is needed as an evaluation tool for the education of pysically disabled student. The objective of this study is to describe learning achievement of student with physical disability Methods: Learning achievement was obtained from student’s study report. Academic courses were described in scores. As students in Physical Disability Specialized School of Disabled Children Development Foundation (Yayasan Pembinaan Anak Cacat) in Bandung were categorized into academic and developmental classes, the description of their learning achievement in this study followed that categorization as well. The school has special programs for motoric capability and activities of daily living. Those special programs were described with categorization of similar concern and obtained from teacher’s description in study report. Results: The score for academic courses both of classes improved by the end of the academic year. Developmental class is lower in achievement of both academic course and motoric capability than academic class. All students in academic class could eat and drink independently but they had poor ability in dressing and toileting. As for developmental class, all students depended on their caregivers and teachers in their daily activity. Conclusions: Students from academic class with normal intelligence to mild mental retardation provided a better study results than students with multiple disabilities. Both classes showed no significant improvement in motoric capability and activities daily living.