Community child-rearing support for the children with developmental disabilities : Roles of peer-group-support and expert-supporter

2015 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 25381334
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Special needs education
• Research Institution: College of Nagoya Women's University
• Principal Investigator: YUKI JUNKO 名古屋女子大学短期大学部, その他部局等, 講師 (20250251)
• Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha): TAKEZAWA Taishi 愛知県心身障害者コロニー発達障害研究所, 教育福祉学部, 主任研究員 (80393130)
• Co-Investigator(Renkei-kenkyūsha): ASANO Keiko 至学館大学, 健康科学部・子ども健康・教育学科, 教授 (40097655)
• Project Period (FY): 2013-04-01 – 2016-03-31
• Keywords: 発達障害児 / 育児支援 / ピア・グループサポート / 相互支援 / エンパワメント / 当事者主体 / 対話 / 共生社会

Outline of Final Research Achievements

Through the studies of peer-group-support among parents of children with developmental disabilities including Autism Spectrum Disorders, we have made it clear how mutual supports could contribute to empowerment of parents and what kind of roles experts should have in order to facilitate their mutual supports.
It has become clear that talking about their child-rearing experiences with other parents in the same situation brings parents not only sense of security and self-esteem but also some changes in the view of child-rearing as well as of themselves. We have also found that they feel some positive changes have occurred in their relationship with their children. It is suggested that an expert-supporter should focus on active roles of the parents who provide mutual supports.

Free Research Field

臨床発達心理学