Abstract :
In general, children with special needs is a child that is unique in the type and
characteristics, which distinguish from normal children. One of them is a child with
physical disabilities spasticity category. Physical disability spasticity category
suffered will make the child feel worthless, inferior, and not confident to socialize
with their environment. However, one of the children with physical disabilities in SLB
Wacana Asih Padang is known to overcome the physical restrictiveness so that they
can achievers.
The study is aimed to know the resilience factors of children with physical
disabilities. Method used is qualitative method with the type of case study. Data
collection technique obtained the result of interview, observation, and
documentation.
The results of this study is that the resilience has three resilience sources;
received support from parents, teachers and their friends (I Have), has good
confidence like other normal children (I Am), and be able to establish social
relationships and interpersonal well (I Can). Subjects has seven factors of resilience;
be able to be quite under pressure condition of their restrictiveness (emotion
regulation), controlling will that can do the activity like other normal children
(impulse control), optimistic, do not want to hurt their friends at school (empathy),
presenting faith and be able to know how to solve the problem (self efficacy), be able
to identify the cause and effect of physical condition bad (causal analysis), and have
life purpose on their restrictiveness (reaching out).
Keywords: resilience, disabled child with special needs.