Psychologist Poppy Amalya said the conflict and disaster conditions in the region could cause children with special needs.
"Especially if her mother conceived the child during the conflict and the disaster,"
For example, Aceh, which experienced the conflict of Free Aceh Movement (GAM) for approximately 35 years and then a devastating tsunami in 2004.
"I researched after the tsunami that hit Aceh. The result of five houses there is one child with special needs, "he explained.
These special needs can be difabel, autism, personality disorders to down syndrome. Poppy claimed not to know why it happened.
Children in conflict and disaster areas actually have intellectual intelligence.
"I did psychotest in Aceh after tsunami. The kids there are good at computers, but their emotional control is lacking. Between intellectual intelligence (IQ) and emotional intelligence (EQ) is unstable. That's what makes the children sluggish in capturing knowledge, "he explained.
To overcome this problem an emotional approach needs to be taken, so that the child's IQ and EQ become stable.
Departing from concern to see the children of conflict victims, Poppy was called to found Amanah Kamome Foundation and ABK My Hope school. Through these two institutions Poppy strives to provide its ability as a psychology motivator for Acehnese children.
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My Hope, said Poppy is an alternative school for ABK (Children with Special Needs), with the application of ABA (Apply Behavior Analysis) method, as the most successful method in the world to make children with autism leave the world of autism.
"With sincere method, I managed to help children with special needs can grow and grow much better," he said.
