Retardasi mental merupakan suatu ketidakmampuan yang ditandai dengan fungsi intelektual di bawah rata-rata dan rendahnya kemampuan untuk menyesuaikan diri (perilaku adaptif). Penelitian ini bertujuan mendeskripsikan layanan bimbingan belajar bagi anak retardasi mental di SLB Catur Bina Bangsa Metro. Penelitian merupakan penelitian deskriptif kualitatif. Subjek penelitian meliputi guru di kelas III dan siswa retardasi mental. Teknik pengumpulan data menggunakan observasi, wawancara dan dokumentasi. Analisis data diketahui dengan reduksi, penyajian dan penarikan kesimpulan. Uji keabsahan data menggunakan triangulasi sumber dan teknik. Hasil penelitian menunjukkan bahwa Guru di SLB Catur Bina Bangsa Metro Barat melaksanakan layanan bimbingan belajar menggunakan prinsip pembelajaran untuk siswa retardasi mental, tiga prinsip telah dilakukan, dan tiga prinsip pembelajaran kurang optimal dilakukan. Penelitian ini menghasilkan deskripsi program bimbingan layanan belajar bagi anak retardasi mental dan secara teoritis berguna sebagai sumbangan ilmu pengetahuan dalam melaksanakan atau membuat bimbingan layanan belajar bagi siswa retardasi mental.
Mental retardation is an inability characterized by intellectual function below average and low ability to adjust (adaptive behavior). This study aims to describe the tutoring services for mental retardation children in Catur Bina Bangsa Metro SLB. Research is a qualitative descriptive study. Research subjects included teachers in class III and mental retardation students. Data collection techniques use observation, interviews and documentation. Data analysis is known by reduction, presentation and drawing conclusions. The validity of the data using triangulation of sources and techniques. The results showed that the teachers in the Catur Bina Bangsa Metro Barat SLB carried out tutoring services using the principles of learning for mental retardation students, three principles had been carried out, and three principles of less optimal learning were carried out. This study produces a description of the learning service guidance program for children with mental retardation and is theoretically useful as a contribution to science in implementing or making learning service guidance for students of mental retardation
Keynote: guidance learn service; child with mentally retarded.