Research on worker development in decision support for handicapped people

2016 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

• Project/Area Number: 26380786
• Research Category: Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
• Allocation Type: Multi-year Fund
• Section: 一般
• Research Field: Social welfare and social work studies
• Research Institution: Waseda University
• Principal Investigator: IWASAKI KAORI 早稲田大学, 人間科学学術院, 准教授 (20365563)
• Project Period (FY): 2014-04-01 – 2017-03-31
• Keywords: 意思決定支援 / ソーシャルワーク / 精神障害者 / アドボカシー

Outline of Final Research Achievements

This research aims to develop workers who take part in specific methodology in decision support for, and decision making of, handicapped people. After understanding the current status of various foreign countries, we focused on decision support for the mentally handicapped among many different handicaps and carried out questionnaires targeting psychiatric social workers. The results of the investigation clarified the importance of producing intention and working on the process so as to give the mentally handicapped persons a specific image upon providing decision support for them.
We constructed a specialist development program which provides decision support based on the results of the questionnaires in the final year of the research. We were able to obtain favorable evaluations for acquiring knowledge and skills regarding decision support, and confirmed the significant need for training which provides knowledge and skills.

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