Training and Skill Development for Children With Special Needs

I have a dream to build a place for developing and training of the children's skill, especially for the children with special needs. I believe that everyone is created with our own distinctness and uniqueness. some special people just need special ways and attention to develop what they already have.

I'm not really sure since when I have the desire of building that skill development and training center. All about this special needs children has attracted my attention since I was at the high school when reading Torey Heyden's books. But at that time, my interest in it was not really high, there is no much intention for giving more contribution to the education which concern in children with special needs.

In 2010, I remembered that at the time I studied at the undergraduated program of education and also was undergoing for field practice education at one of the early high schools in Banda Aceh.
At that school, I met a child with autism syndrom who also attended the same school.
Actually that is a kind of public school, but because of the attention and diligence of his parents, especially his mother, the child could follow the school's lessons as student in general, even he could do and answer the questions given by his teachers very precisely, especially for some lessons that successfully took his attention and interest.

That is can be a proven that these children are also same as children in general, it is just the way how to educate them that takes special way.

Since then I have continued to be interested in the world of these special children, so the idea came up in my mind to build a special training ground and develop their skills.

I hope the place can explore their abilities and develop those abilities into something more beneficial to their lives, so they can live independently.

But before that, I realized that I should really understood and have enough education about the world of children with special needs. Therefore I need to learn a lot.

In 2016, I decided to become a volunteer in one of the educational foundation in Banda Aceh, especially the education of children with special needs.

The foundation opened a school as well as a place of therapy for children with special needs, called TNCC which stands for The Nanny Children Center. This school is run by a young woman named Ria Hidayati.

From her I learned a lot about this kind of education. She helped me in understanding this world, while i helped her in training the children in art skills performance, such as traditional dance and music.

Since then, my love of education has been growing much more. I try to do as much and as much as I can. I try to transfer the knowledge i have even in a really small community.