Komunikasi Interpersonal Guru Dan Orang Tua Terhadap Anak Down Syndrome Dalam Pembelajaran Daring dimasa Pandemi di Down Syndrome School QIS Surabaya 

Interpersonal Communication Between Teachers and Parents to Down Syndrome Children in Online Learning During Pandemic at Down Syndrome School QIS Surabaya

Komunikasi merupakan kebutuhan penting dalam kehidupan manusia dalam menjalin suatu hubungan dengan orang lain. Dalam berkomunikasi, seorang komunikator harus mampu menyampaikan isi pesan dengan baik dan dapat dipahami oleh komunikan. Seperti halnya saat berkomunikasi dengan anak berkebutuhan khusus down syndrome yang memerlukan komunikasi khusus. Penelitian ini menggambarkan bagaimana komunikasi interpersonal guru dan orang tua terhadap anak down syndrome dalam pembelajaran daring di masa pandemi dengan studi kasus guru dan orang tua terhadap siswa down syndrome di DSS QIS Surabaya. Penelitian ini mempergunakan teori komunikasi Interpersonal Joseph A. Devito dengan metode penelitian kualitatif lewat pendekatan fenomenologi. Penelitian ini menghasilkan komunikasi interpersonal oleh orang tua terhadap ADS (Anak Down Syndrome) tidak terlepas dari peran guru yang juga ikut membantu dalam keberhasilan penyampaikan pesan kepada ADS dengan menggunakan beberapa pola komunikasi. Adapun kesimpulan dari hasil penelitian diatas, yakni bentuk komunikasi yang dibangun orang tua terhadap ADS mempergunakan Komunikasi Verbal dan Non Verbal yang bersifat diadik dan triadik, serta pola komunikasi guru terhadap ADS berupa Pola Komunikasi Demonstrasi/praktek, Pola Komunikasi Primer, dan Pola Komunikasi Banyak arah. 

Kata Kunci : Komunikasi Interpersonal, Guru, Orang Tua, Down Syndrome, Pembelajaran Daring

Communication is an important need in human life to establishing relationships with other people. In communicating, a communicator must be able to convey the content of the message well and can be understood by the communicant. As is the case when communicating with children with special needs with Down Syndrome who require special communication. This study describes the interpersonal communication of teachers and parents to children with Down Syndrome in online learning during the pandemic with a case study of teachers and parents with Down syndrome students at DSS QIS Surabaya. This research uses Joseph A. Devito interpersonal communication theory by using qualitative research methods through a phenomenological approach. The result of this research is that the Interpersonal Communication that parents do to their children cannot be separated from the role of the teacher who also helps in the success of delivering messages to them by using several communication patterns. The conclusions from the results of the research above, namely the form of communication that parents build on down syndrome’s child using verbal and non-verbal communication with dyadic and triadic, as well as the teacher's communication pattern for them in the form of Demonstration/Practice Communication Patterns, Primary Communication Patterns, and Multidirectional Communication Patterns. 

Keywords: Interpersonal Communication, Teachers, Parents, Down Syndrome, Online Learning.