Development of comprehensive community support system to meet educational needs of health -impaired children at regular elementary and junior high schools in Japan

Research Project

Project/Area Number	25381299
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Special needs education
Research Institution	Yokohama National University
Principal Investigator	Izumi Mayuko 横浜国立大学, 教育人間科学部, 准教授 (00401620)
Project Period (FY)	2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2015)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,770,000 (Direct Cost: ¥2,900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥870,000) Fiscal Year 2015: ¥910,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000、Indirect Cost: ¥210,000) Fiscal Year 2014: ¥1,170,000 (Direct Cost: ¥900,000、Indirect Cost: ¥270,000) Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,690,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,300,000、Indirect Cost: ¥390,000)
Keywords	病虚弱児 / 普通小中学校 / 病弱特別支援学校 / センター的機能 / 通常小中学校
Outline of Final Research Achievements	Health-impaired children at regular elementary schools, who need special support due to chronic illnesses or mental problems, often have underlying developmental problems. Therefore, school teachers and parents bear heavy burdens of educating and nurturing such children. Interprofessional collaboration in the community is effective to provide comprehensive support for these children. Furthermore, teachers and staffs at special support schools for health-impaired children need to acquire expertise in developmental disabilities as well as physical diseases so that these schools can fulfill their central function in the community.