The Strategies Of The Inclusive Elementary Schools Or SD Inklusi In Salatiga Used To Facilitate The Learning Of Students With Special Needs

In Indonesia, there are still children who live with their disabilities or special needs who may feel being isolated from some environments such as their family, school, and society. Most members of societies argue that those children are properly educated and put in Sekolah Luar Biasa (SLB) or special school. In fact, this argument is not always true. Actually, SLB itself has some weaknesses and that is why inclusive school is needed as the solution. The purpose of the study was to find the strategies used by inclusive elementary schools or SD Inklusi in Salatiga used to facilitate the learning of students with special needs. Some researchers agreed that inclusive school as the Education for All was truly needed to accept those students for studying together with normal students. This study was a qualitative study which was analyzed descriptively. Besides, it was conducted in three elementary schools which had implemented inclusive program; they were SDN Blotongan 03, SDN Dukuh 02, and SDN Pulutan 02. The subjects of the study were the headmaster and three class teachers for each school. The data was collected through classroom observation and interview. The findings of this study showed that most of those three schools used same strategies which were implementing general curriculum, providing media needed by students with special needs and providing therapy with professional