The Implementation of the Emotion Regulation Therapy for Students With Intellectual Disabilities

The aim of this research was describing the effect of the emotion regulation therapy in reducing the aggressive behavior among students with intellectual disabilities in the special senior high school. This research implemented the Single Subject Research design. Moreover, observations were implemented to collect data. Results reported that in the pre-test the average of aggressive behaviors showed by students on the 40 minutes period was 45 seconds with an average frequency of 10 times, while during the post-test average of aggressive behaviors performed by students on the 40 minutes period was 30 seconds with an average frequency of 6 times Therefore it can be said that after being given an emotion regulation therapy program, students with intellectual disabilities could regulate their aggressive behaviors appropriately.