Construction of environmental improvement techniques for sensory space recognition based on the behavioral characteristics and behavior assessment of children with developmental disorders

2014 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 24656357
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Challenging Exploratory Research
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Research Field: Town planning/Architectural planning
• Research Institution: Shimane University (2013-2014); Setsunan University (2012)
• Principal Investigator: TANAKA Naoto 島根大学, 総合理工学研究科(研究院), 特任教授 (60248169)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): IWATA Michiko 摂南大学, 理工学部, 教授 (70288968)
• Project Period (FY): 2012-04-01 – 2015-03-31
• Keywords: 発達障害児 / 日常生活の困難さ / 環境刺激 / 衝動的反応 / 色イメージ / アセスメントバッテリー / 空間認知特性 / 生活環境整備

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Seven environmental trigger factors which induce reactions in children with developmental disorders were extracted from qualitative features of environmental elements and not the five senses such as sight and sound.
Results of Movement Assessment Battery for Children which is used in treatment and rehabilitation fields provided calculations for color preference and image discriminants in these children which can be used in a wide variety of fields including medicine, rehabilitation and architecture along with becoming a highly versatile evaluation index.　The conclusion of this study makes a proposal concerning living environmental improvements which consider the characteristics of children with developmental disorders.The proposal involves another structuring method, in addition to the existing physical structuring and visual structuring in TEACCH.
This study proposes the six physical improvements which consider characteristics of children with developmental disorders.

Free Research Field

ユニバーサルデザイン、建築計画、五感を活用した住環境整備