Description of Mother 's Knowledge and Attitudes Stimulation Ability Speech and Language in Children with Speech Delay Age Pre School

Abstract

Background: Lack of information sources on speech and language stimulation for children with speech delay causes mothers to not receive complete information. This study aims to determine the description of mothers' knowledge and attitudes in stimulating speech and language skills in preschool-age speech delay children. Methods: This study uses a descriptive research type with a cross-sectional study approach. Data collection is only at one time using univariate analysis tests. Results: Mother's attitude in stimulating speech and language skills in children with speech delay from 32 respondents almost half have a positive attitude as many as 23 respondents (71.9%) and a negative attitude of 9 respondents (28.1%). Lack of knowledge as many as 14 respondents (43.8%) and a small part has good knowledge as many as 6 respondents (18.7%). Conclusion: Mothers provide stimulation based on information from other sources which results in them feeling less enthusiastic and less confident in doing stimulation at home because they are afraid of making mistakes. These reasons ultimately form a pattern of parenting in providing maternal stimulation that is too permissive and authoritarian and can shape the child's character in the future.