Action research to solve the stuttering problem in Fukushima Prefecture.

2022 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K13978
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Early-Career Scientists
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: Basic Section 08020:Social welfare-related
• Research Institution: Fukushima Medical University
• Principal Investigator: Mori Yayoi 福島県立医科大学, 医学部, 博士研究員 (90816399)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-04-01 – 2023-03-31
• Keywords: 吃音 / ふくしま吃音懇話会 / 吃音啓発リーフレット / アクションリサーチ

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This study aimed to solve the problem that there are few support organisations for people who stutter in Fukushima Prefecture by action research. The Principal Investigator (PI) established the support group for people who stutter called "Fukushima Stuttering Konwa-kai", where lectures and exchange meetings for people who stutter, their parents and professional caregivers were held on an ongoing basis. One of the results of interview studies with people who stutter was published (Japanese Journal of Qualitative Psychology No.20, Special Issue, S156-162 in 2021). In collaboration with the Fukushima Speech-Language-Hearing Therapist Association, the PI produced a stuttering education leaflet localised for Fukushima Prefecture, supported by the Kitsuon Oyako Cafe; in Hiroshima City, and distributed such a leaflet to schools. Through these academic and social activities, a social understanding and support network for stuttering was promoted and built at the local level.

Free Research Field

社会福祉

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

本研究の学術的意義は、吃音当事者のインタビューを分析することにより、発達段階・年台に応じた支援策を当事者視点から導きだすことができた点である。
社会的意義は、吃音支援の実践として福島県内において研究代表者自らが吃音支援団体を立ち上げ、講演会、交流会を継続していることである。当会は当事者が心情を吐露できる場でもあり、それを聞いた専門家である言語聴覚士やことばの教室教諭らが思いを新たにする場でもある。当会の活動を通じ、専門家向け講習会という新たなニーズを把握し対応したことで、地域における吃音支援の定着に繋がった。また、学校や幼児教育施設へリーフレットを配布することにより吃音啓発のすそ野を広げている。