特別支援学校に在籍する知的発達に遅れのない発達障害児の現状と課題-全国知的障害特別支援学校のアンケート調査から-

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The research paper herein investigated into the current conditions and issues related to children without mental retardation but enrolled in special support schools for intellectually disabled persons across Japan. The objectives of the research are three: (1) how many such children with developmental disorders but without mental retardation are enrolled in special support schools for intellectually disabled persons; (2) the reasons why such children have been transferred to or enrolled in these schools; (3) the issues at special support schools where such children are enrolled. The research findings showed that such children were enrolled in nearly half of the schools, specifically, 141 of 313 schools. Also, the number of such children was 689 (1.7%) out of 39,813 children in 313 schools. Regarding the reasons for enrollment/transfer, the majority of the reasons are associated with secondary emotional difficulties triggered by developmental disorders, such as poor academic performance and learning difficulties, inability to adapt and deal with other people, and school refusal or hikikomori. The special support schools examined are facing problems in supporting and dealing with such children with developmental disorders and a large number of issues regarding expertise of their school faculty members and school support system for such children.