Projects
My projects it's about education and clinical intervention. But, I'm still learning and searching something new experiences. Someday, I have a dream, join in great project and make a meaningful life. But, don't get wrong, list of my experiences make me grateful because it's the beginning for jump to something big!
'Let's go to School!'
(November, 2019 - January, 2020)
Special Shadow Teacher - Sekolah Alam Bekasi (SAsi)
According to www.edu.gov.on.ca (2004), Individualized Educational Program (IEP) is writing plans that describe special education or services needed of certain student, based on thorough assessment to strength and needs that influence students skills for learning performance. Based on the definition, IEP is special intervention for special children. There is several steps to doing IEP, but I don't want to tell about this. Content in IEP is more important to explain it!
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I combine the IEP with educational tools game, because it's more fun than existing therapy. As you know in my resume, I handling children with ADHD (Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder) and speech delay classification. Simple definition of ADHD is children have disorder in motoric development so they difficult to control their movement and attention. And, speech delay is children have a delay of talking and difficult to shape of the right sound for making words. So, the conclusion is, the children must be develop in language skills, fine motor & tactile skills, cognitive skills, and understanding values and moral skills.
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I calling it 'Let's go to School !' or in Indonesia it's call 'Ayo pergi ke Sekolah!' It sounds fun, right? Inside this learning media, I writing a story with a title ' Sayang Teman' and 'Tentang Indonesia' for increase of understanding values and moral skills. I made a doll from paper and the place, chairs, and tables made from cork and cardboard. The benefit is give a challenge the children to control their hands, fingers, and spatial observation (increase a cognitive skills). And I have one more game, it's call 'Main Kata.' Maybe, this game just increase the cognitive skills or language skills of children? Mm.., it's too easy for playing game! Before they playing, they must put up the piece of cardboard so that could be established. They must control their fingers to tied up the raffia rope, arrange and put up the bottle, and other activities so the game could be played.
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Maybe, you think again I playing with the only child that classified? It's too quiet and rigid! I invite other children with special child category to playing it and also the teachers. It's so fun, laughing, teaching, and playing games together. But, behind that, I learning something. I must have a leadership soul and right words to instruct the child for playing games. It's between hard and easy. And, you must have a creative and analytical thinking to create the games.
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Because it's not just a game, it's a learning media for increase their development stages so they could be benefit for others and be healthy in mentally. Because, special children equal to normal children, together give some inspiration and happy together. It's not just about now, it's also about the future of them.
'Explore Children Metacognition - Workshop & Talkshow'
(May-July, 2019)
Event Conceptor - Universitas Mercu Buana Bekasi
According to Sternberg & Sternberg (2012), metacognition is understanding and control with our cognition or our skills for thinking and controlling our mind process and the ways of increase our minds. So, in simple definition, metacognition is process of understanding the task, our minds, or anything and how we can using this skills for make sure we can finish our task. It's correlated about how people understand about knowledge, imagination, ideas, and also awareness to solving the problems. It's complex definition, right? But, this what I'm doing. It's talking about cognitive psychology, so abstract and conceptual. Together with the community, we choose the main participant that 5-7 years old and other participant in different ages (preferably parents of the children) for learning about metacognition. I also like story telling and art activities, so the adults can learn about 'the world of children'!
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Together with other division, I selected become Event Conceptor. It's between fun and hard assignment, because I must working in fast time, so deadline is so closer! I have a partner doing this task and have a different minds too. It's so difficult, but slowly, I can understand to people behavior and minds. So, as additional event, Talk-Show must be held, because the adults could learn about children and maybe they are psychology students, they have understanding about cognitive process and children. As Event Conceptor, I must arrange several procedures, costume, communicate with the Lecturer and other division, and design of the stage layout. I work together with the famous Psychologist in Indonesia, Ms. Dra. Tika Bisono, M. Psi. T and Senior Storyteller, Ms. Wiwin Windarti. It's so challenging, but I did it.
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My next task is become Observer and Interviewer in event. It's not about job interview, but want to know what the people reaction about the event. I'm happy see the participant join story telling session, they made a story and performance in the stage.
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Doing this project it's so tired, but I see the happy face and tired at the same time in participant. I hope the event can be benefit of them, and also have a more understanding about the child.
'Improve your Learning Spirit with Art Therapy'
(June-July, 2019)
Assignment from Clinical Psychology courses - Universitas Mercu Buana, Bekasi
For me, this is interesting project, although I still practicing using this approach. Yes, I using art therapy as intervention of psychology student. This is my task, but it's not just a task, this is my real passion!
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Art therapy intervention still rare in Indonesia. Mostly, they think the art it's just about creativity or some activities. Or, when people go to Psychologist, the intervention is using conventional therapy. And, art therapy it's a new approach, combination with other approach in psychology theory such as behavioral, psychoanalitic, or humanistic approach. Art therapy it's not about creativity, but it's a healing process. According to Malchiodi ( 2012), art therapy is approach that could helping person in all ages creating meaning and reaching insight, find the relief from emotion or biggest trauma, solving a conflict and problems, enrich everyday life, and reaching increase of sense of well-being.
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I want to practical this intervention in my assignment. When I join this courses, suddenly I remember about the students and what I feel doing college. It's so tired, right? Finish the courses, meeting a person with different personalities, time management for solving problems or the courses, it's made a new stress in life college. I realize, this intervention is still rare used and not all the people know this intervention. So, I choose this intervention for solve the academic burnout for students.
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It's a small intervention, because it's a few participant join this project. I and my group agree with this decision and number of participant, because the purpose is could change their mind and healing the soul in effectively.
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It's like a dream doing this intervention. The participant pick the different color of crayon or marker to sketch what their thinking and feeling now. I see one of my participant feel difficult to draw about her situation. But, I could learn about people condition. When people smile, may they my not be happy and when people sad, maybe not forever they feeling this. Each person always fight for their life. And, I learn this when the participants try to sketch it, although they feel it's bad scratch?
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I see the participant's face when they telling a story about their picture. And, I'm happy successful doing this intervention although in few participant. They feel shy, happy, and sad at the same time.
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Someday, I want to doing this intervention for increase mental health in all ages and different settings. Because, your scratch it's a real your feeling and thinking. And, be remember, your scratch can't be lied. So, there is nothing wrong to drawing something. Maybe, you can inspire to people too?
