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This psychoeducation is motivated by the need for service support for students with special needs at SLB Negeri Pembina Yogyakarta. Some students with intellectual disabilities require assistance in recognizing and expressing their emotions. The purpose of this counseling activity is to provide appropriate media needed to support the development of students’ emotional expression in everyday social interactions. The counseling method employed was a play-based learning approach. The evaluation of the effectiveness of this method involved 10 students with intellectual disabilities, consisting of 7 male students and 3 female students in Grade VII of junior high school. Based on the results of the counseling activities, which were conducted in three stages—namely the opening stage, the emotion recognition stage, and the application of the emotion wheel—it was found that the use of the emotion wheel media strengthened the emotional expression abilities of students with intellectual disabilities. This improvement was evident from observable changes in the emotional behavior of some students.

The aim of this research is to determine the importance of appropriate facilities for children with special needs. The method used in this research is a literature review study or literature review. Literature study is a research design used to collect data sources related to a topic found in the field. Data collection for literature studies was carried out using the Google Scholar search tool. The appropriate and required screening results contained 3 National Journal articles based on the articles found and analyzed. The results of this research are. Educational facilities are all equipment, materials and furniture that are directly used in the educational process at school.In inclusive schools, schools must provide pedagogues who know and understand the education of children with special needs, educational teaching aids for children with special needs, and special spaces needed for children with special needs. To date, the Department of Education has not issued guidelines regarding standard room facilities for inclusive schools, but only has standard room facilities for public schools such as: study rooms, furniture rooms, landscaping rooms, learning equipment, decoration and classrooms and soon.

This research aims to determine guidance and counseling services for students with special needs at one of the schools providing inclusive education in the city of Bandung. The research method used in this research is a qualitative descriptive method with data collection techniques through observation and interviews. This research method is used to search for in-depth information. The subject of this research is one of the schools providing inclusive education in the city of Bandung. The results of this research show that guidance and counseling services for students with special needs in inclusive schools are not yet effective. This is caused by the lack of professional guidance and counseling teachers in handling students with special needs and the absence of professional teachers in handling students with special needs. The problems faced include a lack of professional guidance and counseling teachers in dealing with students with special needs and a lack of socialization in dealing with students with special needs. This research was carried out with the hope of measuring the effectiveness of guidance and counseling services for students with special needs and what aspects and efforts need to be improved.

The inclusive education program is an effort to carry out the mandate of the 1945 Constitution and eliminate discrimination in the education system in Indonesia. All children with various needs can sit and study together with other normal children in the same school. This study aims to identify forms of curriculum adaptation, especially in science subjects at SDN Gajahmungkur 02 Semarang City. This research uses a descriptive-qualitative approach with a case study method. This research was conducted in April-June 2022. The data collection technique used in this study used interviews and observation methods. The subject of the interview is a special supervising teacher at the school. Based on the results of interviews and observations, it is known that the curriculum adaptation implemented at SD N Gajahmungkur is viewed from the principles and dimensions of adaptation. The principles of attendance, participation, and achievement have been well realized in this school. In terms of the dimensions of curriculum adaptation, namely, curricular adaptation is reflected in the lesson plans accompanied by special notes and adjustment of learning indicators for children with special needs who are adapted to the 2013 curriculum, learning adaptation is reflected in the presence of a special supervisor teacher in the class even though there is only one. There is a special schedule arrangement so that Class teachers still have a significant role in implementing learning. Environmental adaptation has not been optimal because schools do not yet have accessibility for physically disabled people with wheelchairs. In terms of adjustment to science subjects, teachers have not made many adaptations or modifications for children with special needs.