LEARNING MEDIA FOR CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS AND ITS IMPLEMENTATION IN CHRISTIAN RELIGIOUS EDUCATION

Learning media is important for normal children so that lesson objectives can be achieved. This is also the case with children with special needs. Children with special needs are children who need special teaching because of the specificity in their development, both physical, mental and behavior that is different from normal children. Therefore, children with special needs, need assessment services that suit the needs of each child. Thus the learning media used to help them also needs to be specially designed and prepared as needed. Learning media for children with special needs are different from one another, because the characteristics, types of children with special needs are different. Teaching children with special needs is difficult, so a special strategy is needed. Based on the background of the above problems, this study aims to examine learning media for children with special needs and their implementation in Christian Religious Education. The method used in this research is qualitative method with literature study technique. Researchers will collect data from various sources such as books, articles, and other sources, then analyze the data. The results of this study are a description of the characteristics, problems, nature and purpose and utilization, various kinds of learning media for children with special needs and their implementation in Christian Religious Education. The conclusion is that learning media is very important to be used and pursued by teachers in teaching Christian Religious Education for children with special needs so that learning objectives can be achieved.