Abstract:
The purpose of this research is to know the reation between Support group and coping facing the autisme children at SLB Sri Mujinab Yayasan Permata Bunda Pekanbaru. The research used cross sectional study with corelation. The sample are all parents who their children study at SLB Sri Mujinab Yayasan Permata Bunda Pekanbaru. They are 35 respondences, it is total sampling. The method of taking sampling is giving queisioner and the analysis are univariat and bivariat with Chi-square. The research is started on May until June, 2012. The result showed that 22 respondences are adaptive coping and 13 are maladaptive coping, 5 respondences didnot follow support group among 2 respondence have adaptive coping and 3 respondence have maladaptive coping. 13 respondences folowed support group passively, among 7 respondence have adaptive coping and 6 respondence have maladaptive coping. And 17 respondences followed support group activey, among 13 respondence have adaptive coping and 4 respondence have maladaptive coping. The statistic result is p value = 0,232 > (0,05). It means that there is no significant relation between support group and coping parents in facing the autisme childern.
