"Guaranteeing the Right of Development" for Children with Motor and Intellectual Handicapped in Biwako Gakuen : Exploring the concept of "Yoko-eno-Hattatsu"

2021 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 19K23327
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Research Activity Start-up
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Review Section: :Education and related fields
• Research Institution: Kobe Shoin Women's University
• Principal Investigator: Unai Akari 神戸松蔭女子学院大学, 教育学部, 講師 (00848947)
• Project Period (FY): 2019-08-30 – 2022-03-31
• Keywords: 重症心身障害児 / ヨコへの発達 / 重症心身障害児施設 / 糸賀一雄 / 発達 / 療育

Outline of Final Research Achievements

In this study, in order to verify the developmental security of children with severe physical and mental disabilities from the viewpoint of "Inner development"by empirical approach,I 　conducted the following 2 studies.1:Case studies of nursing and educational practices for children with severe physical and mental disabilities.2:Qualitative examination of interview surveys with staff involved in children with severe physical and mental disabilities.
I clarified the idea and practice of guaranteeing the right of the development at Biwako Gakuen in the 2010s as facility users are aging and disabilities are becoming more severe.And also, I analyzed the results of interviews with staff of Biwako Gakuen ,and clarified how the staff perceived the "Inner development" of people with severe physical and mental disabilities and made use of it in their involvement in nursing and education.

Free Research Field

特別支援教育

Academic Significance and Societal Importance of the Research Achievements

「ヨコへの発達」は、人間の「発達」を能力の高次化としてみる縦方向の発達ではなく、個性の広がりや感情の豊かさを横方向の発達として捉える見方である。１９６０年代後半に創出された考え方であるが、半世紀以上経った現代において、その考え方がどのように療育実践現場で継承・実践化されているのかについて、本研究で検証した。
「ヨコへの発達」は、２０２０年代においても、障害の重い人たちの発達を捉える一つの指標として、療育現場で用いられ、障害児者のみならず人間の発達を多面的に捉える考え方として、重症心身障害児療育現場から社会に向けて発信していく必要性があることが再確認された。