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This study examines the teacher's efforts in fostering learning motivation in students with disabilities at SLB Samudra Terra Athena. This research uses a qualitative approach with descriptive methods, with data collection techniques through interviews, observation, and documentation during the research. The results showed that the strategies used by teachers in fostering learning motivation of students with intellectual disabilities include an individualized approach, the use of customized learning media, providing positive reinforcement, and building emotional closeness with students. These strategies are proven to increase students' engagement and interest in learning. This finding confirms the importance of teacher creativity in creating personalized and empathic learning approaches in special education.

Not all humans have self confidence. Something that can make someone has less confidence is their disability. The aim of this research is to know an overview of the special needs students’ self confidence development in SMA “X” Gresik Regency. This research used qualitative research method, with subjects: student with autism, slow learner, and light mentally disabled. Data collectives method that used are observation, interview, and documentation. Analysis data method used Miles and Huberman Model. This research used triangulation of technique and sources for checking data credibility. This research shows that student with autism can do activities by himself, believe with what he does, responsible, realized and accepted his imperfection, knows reason and effect behind his action, can build interaction with others, adaptation with environment, and tolerance with others. Student with slow learner can do activities and make decision by himself, responsible, realized and accepted his imperfection, knows reason and effect behind his action, adaptation with environment, and tolerance with others. In the other hand, students with light mentally disabled can not approach directly, need more time to approach them. The closest person have important role for special needs students’ self confidence development, like family, special needs teachers, and classmates.

Basically, God created His creatures perfectly. On the other hand, it turns out that God also created humans who do not have five senses, or incomplete body functions, such as the blind, deaf, physically disabled, even mentally disabled so that they have limitations in carrying out daily activities and are often considered different from others. A person who has physical or mental limitations due to illness or injury is called a disability. Being a person with a disability not only affects the person themselves, but often their families, especially their parents. The purpose of this study was to determine the application of pastoral care for parents who have children with disabilities. This study uses a qualitative descriptive method. The population and sample of this study were parents, namely the father and mother of a child with disabilities in Pamalian village, Sorkam sub-district, Central Tapanuli district. In an effort to provide pastoral counseling assistance with a Client Centered approach to parents who have children with disabilities, there are several approaches taken by the companion, namely, listening, reflecting, explaining, and being fully present. From the research results, pastoral counseling with a client-centered approach can help parents who have children with disabilities understand that what happened to their child is not a mistake or punishment due to sin so that parents can accept their child's condition.