Applied Behavior Analysis Approach In The 2013 Curriculum

Abstract

The 2013 curriculum emphasises the need to use the scientific approach in the learning process so that experts say that the scientific approach is a distinctive feature of the 2013 curriculum. However, what needs to be considered is that the homogeneity of students needs to be considered in designing the learning process. The Scientific Approach is only able to help students to improve their cognitive, affective, and psychomotor abilities, but students who experience multifactorial disorders cannot be overcome using the scientific approach. The ABA approach (Applied Behavior Analysis) can be regarded as an alternative approach in dealing with students who experience multifactorial disorders. This ABA approach is one of the ways that has been applied in the handling of grade IV elementary school students who experience selective mutism disorders with maximum results. Therefore, the ABA approach is recommended to be applied in the 2013 curriculum learning process specifically to help students who experience multifactorial disorders.