Assessment with Endogenous Eyeblinks for Individualized Education Program on Severe Motor and Intellectual Disabilities

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 23531322
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: Saitama Prefectural University
• Principal Investigator: Hayashi Etsuko 埼玉県立大学, 保健医療福祉学部, 准教授 (00413013)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TANAKA Yu 川村学園女子大学, 教育学部, 教授 (40255196) ; MATSUMOTO Hidehiko 作新学院大学, 人間文化学部, 准教授 (70348093) ; MIYACHI Koichiro 信州大学, 教育学部, 講師 (40350813)
• Research Collaborator: KATO Rumiko ; TADA Hideoki
• Project Period (FY): 2011-04-28 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 重症心身障害児 / 個別の指導計画 / 瞬き

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Person with severe motor and intellectual disabilities has serious limitation to show physical activity. It’s difficult to understand their response for an approach. Many studies reported that eyeblinks are reflected in one’s tension or attention. The purpose of this study was to make an assessment on tension or attention for an approach with endogenous eyeblinks.
The eyeblinks were recorded when caregiver reads books, touches their body, and sings. Their eyeblinks have personal features. The present study has demonstrated that the eyeblinks showed the most appropriate approach that the person could make reactions easily. We conclude that the eyeblinks are the useful assessment tools for making individual education programs.

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特別支援教育