Toward Promoting Inclusive Education: Survey on Education for Deaf/HOH Students with Multiple Disabilities enrolled in Special Needs Schools

2023 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 17K04915
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Gunma University
• Principal Investigator: Kimura Motoko 群馬大学, 共同教育学部, 准教授 (60452918)
• Project Period (FY): 2017-04-01 – 2024-03-31
• Keywords: ろう重複障害 / インクルーシブ教育 / 知的障害特別支援学校 / 聾学校

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In 2007, the special needs education system was enforced, but there are no statistical data on the number of enrolment and actual support situations for students with multiple disabilities and there is insufficient previous research. The aim of this study was to clarify the enrolment situation and actual support situation for Deaf/HOH students with multiple disabilities. Most of them are enrolled in special support schools for students with intellectual disabilities rather than in schools for the Deaf, but this was not fully recognised by the prefectual board of education. It is difficult for even experienced teachers at schools for the deaf to provide timely support that meets the complex needs of Deaf/HOH students with multiple disabilities, and even if appropriate support is provided, there are limits that can be provided by individual teachers, so it is necessary to establish a comprehensive support system so that several teachers can provide support.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育学

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

国の統計資料がなく、先行研究が十分でない研究課題であったため、ろう重複障害児の在籍状況や支援実態、また好事例の支援方法が事例的にでも明らかにできたことは、今後、ろう重複障害児の支援体制を検討する際に役立つだけでなく、他の重複障害児の支援体制を含めた特別支援教育の制度設計を行う際に、役立つものであるといえる。