Modeling Method to Improve Teeth Brushing Ability in Cerebral Palsy Students

Abstract

The problem of this research is that fourth grade Cerebral Palsy students at SD Inpres Bontobuddung Gowa Regency have not been able to brush their teeth independently. The formulation of the research problem is "How is the ability to brush teeth in Class IV Cerebral Palsy students at SD Inpres Bontobuddung Gowa Regency after applying the Modeling method?". The aims of this study were to determine: 1) Ability to brush teeth before applying the modeling method to fourth grade cerebral palsy students at SD Inpres Bontobuddung, Gowa Regency. 2) The ability to brush teeth after applying the modeling method to students with cerebral palsy grade IV at SD Inpres Bontobuddung, Gowa Regency. 3) Improving the ability to brush teeth for cerebral palsy students at SD Inpres Bontobuddung Gowa Regency through the application of the modeling method. The results of this study indicate that the ability to brush the teeth of fourth grade Cerebral Palsy students at SD Inpres Bontobuddung, Gowa Regency, after applying the Modeling method has increased, before the application of the modeling method, students can only do 2 steps of brushing their teeth independently. then after applying the modeling method, students can do the 10 steps of brushing their teeth independently.