Major

Special Needs Education Vocational Course

What is a special major?

As a teacher training course for in-service teachers or those who have obtained (expected) a teacher's license, we teach and study more advanced expertise and individual children have at local educational sites centered on special needs schools. The purpose is to train special support education specialists who can demonstrate problem-solving skills to meet various actual conditions and educational needs.

In this department, you can obtain the required qualifications for a special support school teacher's license (intellectually disabled, physically handicapped, sick) by acquiring the prescribed credits. The basic qualification of the license is to have a bachelor's degree and have a normal license of either elementary school, junior high school, high school or kindergarten teacher.

Special Needs Education is "Special Needs Education" (Education that meets special educational needs). In Japan, in order to realize inclusive education, all faculty members are required to understand and respond appropriately to the educational needs of each child, regardless of disability. The goal of this department is to develop faculty members who have a vision of the future of special support education and their educational philosophy in Japan, considering the history and definition of special support education, changes in related systems and policies, and the actual implementation of special support education in other countries.

Acquisition of three educational areas

Intellectually disabled

People with physical disabilities

The sick

In one year, acquire the philosophy, attitude, knowledge, and skills for teachers involved in special support schools, special support classes, elementary and junior high schools, and childhood special support education. Special teaching courses to acquire the necessary credits for students, physically handicapped, and sick).

Specialization

1.: Based on psychological, physiological and pathological knowledge and understanding of diversity [human understanding]
2.: [Science Analysis Power] and [Problem Solving Ability] from Understanding Children's Educational Needs
3.: [Coordination ability] to provide uninterrupted educational support inside and outside the school
4.: [logical explanation] and [communication skills] for multi-occupational cooperation and collaboration

Licenses that can be obtained

Special support school teacher type license (knowledge, limb, disease)

Status of license acquisition in FY2023
Of the six graduates in 2023, all six have obtained a special support teacher's license (knowledge, limb, disease).
Status of license acquisition in FY2022
Of the three graduates in 2022, all three have obtained a special support teacher's license (knowledge, limb, disease).
Status of license acquisition in FY2021
Of the three graduates in FY2021, all three have obtained a special support teacher's license (knowledge, limb, disease).

Curriculum

It is a requirement for completion of this department to acquire a total of 30 credits, including 27 credits required for obtaining a license and 3 credits required for selection. Courses with parentheses in the number of credits are electives.

Subject categories specified in the Enforcement Regulations of the Educational Staff License Act			Course name	Number of credits	Education field		Date of opening	Remarks
			Course name	Number of credits	Central area	Areas included	Date of opening	Remarks
Column 1	Courses on Basic Theory of Special Needs Education		Outline of Special Needs Education	2			Autumn
Column 2	Courses related to Special Needs Education	Courses related to psychology, physiology and pathology of infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities	Psychology, Physiology and Pathology of Intellectual Disabilities	2	Knowledge	Limb disease Viewing	Spring
			Psychology of people with physical disabilities Physiology and Pathology	2	Limb		Spring
			Psychology, Physiology of the sick Pathology	2	Disease		Spring
		Courses related to curriculum and teaching methods for infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities	Education for persons with intellectual disabilities	2	Knowledge	Limb disease	Autumn
			Education for people with physical disabilities	2	Limb		Autumn
			Education for the sick	2	Disease		Autumn
			Inclusive Educational Guidance Method I	2	Limb		Full year	Every other week
			Inclusive Educational Guidance Method II	2	Disease		Full year	Every other week
			Inclusive Education Guidance Method III	(2)	Knowledge		Full year	Every other week
Column 3	Courses related to areas other than the special support education area that will be stipulated in the license	・Courses related to psychology, physiology and pathology of infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities ・Courses related to curriculum and teaching methods for infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities	Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of Children with Disabilities or Students	2	Duplicate LD (Duplicate, LD, ADHD)	Intelligence disease	Spring
			Education for the visually impaired	1	Sight		Spring	Concentration
			Education for the hearing impaired	1	Listening		Autumn	Concentration
			Education for persons with developmental disabilities	1	Duplicate LD (emotion, LD, ADHD)		Spring	Concentration
			Education for persons with disabilities	1	Duplicate LD (Duplicate / Language)		Autumn	Concentration
			Diversity Education Practice Research IA	(1)	Duplicate LD (LD)		Spring
			Diversity Education Practice Research IB	(1)	Duplicate LD (LD)		Autumn
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIA	(1)	Duplicate LD (ADHD)		Spring
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIB	(1)	Duplicate LD (ADHD)		Autumn
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIIA	(1)	Duplicate LD (emotion)		Spring
			Diversity Education Practice Research IIIB	(1)	Duplicate LD (emotion)		Autumn
Column 4	Education training for infants, children or students with physical and mental disabilities		Special Needs Education Practical Research	1			Full year
Column 4			Special support education training	2			Autumn
Required unit for obtaining a license (a)				27 units
Completion requirements (a+3 credits or more must be selected)				30 units

※The curriculum is subject to change.

Teacher introduction

Teacher in charge	Courses in charge	Major areas of expertise
NAKABAYASHI Hiroko (Professor)	Diversity Education Practice Research IA and IIA Diversity Education Practice Research IB and IIB Outline of Special Needs Education	Diversity Education Theory, Systems and Policy
KOHARA Aiko Associate Professor (Associate Professor)	Psychology, Physiology and Pathology of Intellectual Disabilities Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of the sick Education for the sick Education for persons with disabilities Inclusive Educational Guidance Method II Diversity Education Practice Research IIA/IIB	Illness Education Area Duplicate Disability Education Area Inclusive education Diversity Education
CHO Chaeyoon Associate Professor (Associate Professor)	Psychology, Physiology and Pathology of Intellectual Disabilities Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of Children with Disabilities or Students Inclusive Educational Guidance Method I Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of the Physically Disabled	Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of Intellectual Disabilities Rehabilitation medicine Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of Physical Disability Inclusive education
KIM Minji Associate Professor (Associate Professor)	Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of the sick Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of Children with Disabilities or Students Psychology, Physiology and Pathology of Intellectual Disabilities	Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology Areas of Sickness Psychology, Physiology, and Pathology of Intellectual Disabilities
Mamiko Ota Associate Professor (Associate Professor)	Education for persons with developmental disabilities Education for persons with intellectual disabilities Inclusive Education Guidance Method III Diversity Education Practice Research IIIA and IIIB	Developmental Disorder Education Area Education area for intellectual disability Inclusive education Diversity Education

Teacher in charge	Courses in charge	Affiliation and Major Activities
Yoji Kanehara	People with Intellectual Disabilities Psychology, Physiology, Pathology	Director, Kanehara Pediatrics Department Social welfare corporation Jinjo Chair Chairman of the Shimonoseki City Special Needs Education Promotion Committee Chairman of Shimonoseki City Independence Support Council Chairman of Shimonoseki City Council for the Protection of Children Needing Protection Vice Chairman of Child Drain Shimonoseki Special Olympics Japan Deputy Chair Director of the Japan National Council of Social Welfare, Shimonoseki Director of Shimonoseki City Social Welfare Corporation
Masahiro Kozuki	The sick Psychology, Physiology, Pathology	Chair President, Yamagata Prefectural University of Health and Medical Care Professor Emeritus, Tohoku University Vice President of Tohoku University Medical Association Japan Society of Kidney Rehabilitation, Chair Director of the Japan Society of Rehabilitation Medicine Director of the Japan Society of Cardiac Rehabilitation Director of the Japan Society of Motion Therapy TV appearance: "Today's Health", "Gatten", "Try Gatten", "Q to a famous doctor", "Asaichi", etc.
Uzushi Nakamura	Education for the visually impaired	Professor, Faculty of Education, Fukuoka University of Education Chairman of Kitakyushu City Measures for Persons with Disabilities Promotion Council Director of the Special Needs Education Center attached to the Institute of Education Deputy Director of Student Support Center for Persons with Disabilities
Akira Yamamoto	Education for the hearing impaired	Senior Researcher, National Research Institute for Special Needs Education Awarded by the Minister of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (2014.01)
Natsuki Yano	Outline of Special Needs Education Physical disability education	Special Needs Education Lecturer, Faculty of Education, University of the Ryukyus

Courses, etc.

By taking the necessary credits from the courses offered in Special Needs Education Vocational Course, students can acquire credits to switch from two types of special needs school teachers' licenses to one type and add areas. For details, please refer to the application guidelines for courses and other students in advance.

Submission address

〒1-1, Oaza 2-chome, Shimonoseki City University Student Affairs Department Educational Affairs Divisiton

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