THE DEVELOPMENT OF MULTIPLE INTELLIGENCE BASED PLAY THERAPY MEDIA FOR CHILDREN AFTER THE DISASTER IN CENTRAL JAVA

Abstract

There are only few multiple intelligence based play therapy media in disaster areas in Central Java. So far, the play therapy media applied for trauma healing program are still partial and conventional ones. The purpose of this research is increasing the success of trauma healing program in order to decrease the children’s psychological disorder after the disaster. The specific goal of this research is developing the multiple intelligence based play therapy media. The disaster areas in this research are Kebumen, Wonosobo, and Klaten regency. The research uses action research method with 3 steps: 1) identify and map out the existing multiple intelligence based play therapy media using desk analysis method, survey, and focus group discussion, 2)compose the model of development of multiple intelligence based play therapy media using descriptive and regressive method, 3) formulate the development model of multiple intelligence based play therapy media, 4)apply the developed model of multiple intelligence based play therapy media on the children after the disaster. The research results multiple intelligence based play therapy media that can resolve or decrease the children’s psychological disorder after the disaster