Life Situation of Graduates of Special Schools for Children and Youth With Physical Disabilities and Their Parents' Evaluation of the Graduates' Education

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  • ICHIKI Kaoru
    Faculty of Education, Fukuoka University of Education
  • IKEDA Ayano
    Graduate School of Comprehensive Human Sciences, University of Tsukuba
  • AOKI Mayumi
    Chiba Prefectural Sodegaura Special Needs School
  • ANDO Takao
    Division of Disability Sciences, University of Tsukuba

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  • 特別支援学校（肢体不自由）卒業生の生活の実態と保護者の学校教育に対する評価
  • トクベツ シエン ガッコウ(シタイ フジユウ)ソツギョウセイ ノ セイカツ ノ ジッタイ ト ホゴシャ ノ ガッコウ キョウイク ニ タイスル ヒョウカ

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Abstract

The purposes of the present study were to examine the life situation of 57 graduates (present age 19-35 years, average 26.1 years) of special schools for children and youth with physical disabilities who had been educated mainly with jiritsu katsudo, which is a specialized area in the national curriculum for special schools that has the objective of teaching students with disabilities to respect basic human behavior, and to analyze their parents' evaluation of the graduates' education. The results of the survey suggested that the activities of daily living (ADL) of the graduates had changed little since their graduation. However, their motor abilities and outside interests decreased, perhaps because of their simple life style and the physical weakness of their aging parents. Curriculum that focused on physical aspects was evaluated; a lack of consideration of the students' life after graduation was notable. The results indicated that the parents recognized the importance of education for increasing their sons' and daughters' interests, as well as the power that the students associated with their teachers.

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