Autism is a disorder of the development of brain function which is characterized by being unable to communicate normally, having difficulty learning new things and in general autistic children have three main problems, namely barriers to socializing, communicating, and behaving. Development of the Bibliotherapy moduleisthe activity of reading thematic picture story books about the character of social care, honesty and responsibility to reduce meltdown behavior (temper tantrums) in children with autism. This study aims to determine the effect of module development Bibliotherapy to meltdown behavior (temper tantrums) in children with autismat SLB Kuncup Mas Banyumas. This type of research is Quasi-experimental with pre and posttest design with control group. The population in this study were all autistic children at SLB Kuncup Mas Banyumas. The sampling technique was purposive sampling. The instrument used to assess behavior is the temper tantrum questionnaire to analyze the effect of module development Bibliotherapy to melt down behavior (temper tantrums) in children with autismis to use Test Wilcoxon Signed Rank Test. The results of this study indicate that there is a significant effect of the development of the Bibliotherapy module on temper tantrum behavior in autistic children at SLB Kuncup Mas Banyumas (p = 0.000 is < α = 0.050) and there is no significant effect in the control group (p = 0.182 is > α = 0.050). The conclusion in this study is that the development of the Bibliotherapy module has an influence onmeltdown behavior (temper tantrums) in children with autismat SLB Kuncup Mas Banyumas.

Keywords: Bibliotherapy, meltdown (temper tantrums), autistic

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