HUBUNGAN TINGKAT PENGETAHUAN ORANGTUA TENTANG STIMULASI VERBAL DENGAN PERKEMBANGAN BAHASA PADA ANAK USIA DINI DI TK YAYASAN BHAKTI SIWI DESA SORAN KABUPATEN KLATEN

Abstract

Background : children who experience language disorders in preschool 40% to 60% will
have learning difficulties in writing and academic subjects. Information from one of the
parents of students in kindergarten Yayasan Bhakti Siwi Soran village during the
2016/2017 school year in which students in the kindergarten were 32 students, 9 of
them have not been able to use words that are obvious in everyday communication,
some parents provide stimulation to train their children to talk, some parents motivate
for daring to express their opinions, but there are also parents not know how to
stimulate children who have a language disorder.
Purpose of the study: to determine the relationship of the level of parental knowledge
about verbal stimulation with language development in early children at the TK Yayasan
Bhakti Siwi Soran village.
Methods : the research design correlation with cross sectional approach. Subject were
32 student with mother. Data obtained by questionaire to determine level of parental
knowledge with language development. Data analyzed with Chi Square test p=0.05.
Results : based on the test results of the bivariate analysis using Chi-Square with α =
5% (0.05) was obtained p <0.001 to p <0.05, which means the hypothesis is accepted.
Conclusion : there is the correlation between parental knowledge about verbal
stimulation with language development in children.

Keywords: Knowledge, Verbal Stimulation, Language Development