Effect of Brain Gym Method on Fine Motor in Children with Intellectual Disabilities at SLB Aisyiyah Tulangan Sidoarjo

Mentally retarded children are children with special needs who have retardation in intelligence, physical, emotional and social, one of which is in the fine motor aspect. This study aims to determine whether there is an effect of brain gym on improving fine motor skills in mentally retarded children at SLB Aisyiyah Tulangan Sidoarjo. Brain gym is a series of simple movements that are fun and can help overall brain development. Fine motor skills are movements of parts that can be carried out by small muscles. This type of research uses a single subject experiment (single subject research) with an A-B-A research design. Data collection by observation. The results of the paired sample t-test calculation showed a significance value of p = 0.015 <0.05 so it was concluded that there was an effect of brain gym on improving fine motor skills in mentally retarded children at SLB Aisyiyah Tulangan Sidoarjo.