SEMAR sebagai Media Pembelajaran Orientasi Mobilitas Sosial Komunikasi (OMSK) untuk Meningkatkan Kemandirian Peserta Didik Tunanetra

This best practice aims to describe the use of SEMAR as a learning media for Communication Social Mobility Orientation (OMSK) which has an impact on increasing the independence of blind students when pouring water to make a drink. SEMAR means Sensor Aman Menuang Air Minum. SEMAR is a media created by the author to help blind students pour drinking water safely and independently. SEMAR is implemented in OMSK subject, on material to make a drink for class IX at SLB Negeri 1 Bantul. The method of best practices is a qualitative descriptive approach. The stages in this best practice activity consist of the preparation stage, implementation stage and evaluation stage. The author used a questionnaire evaluation of the use of SEMAR, then analyzed it and used it as a base of determining conclusions. Based on the results of the questionnaire, there is an increase in the independence of blind students in making a drink safely in OMSK learning using SEMAR media. Previously, students couldn’t make their own drink yet, it was because they were a little bit afraid of pouring drinking water, especially hot water. The presentation of students who had the independence to make a drink before using SEMAR media were only 50 then 73,75 after using five indicators for very poor, less, sufficient, good and very good (independent). Based on these indicators, it is known that students' independence in making a drink increased using SEMAR media. Thus, it can be concluded that SEMAR as a media that can increase the independence of blind students to make a drink.