The 18th Kansai Disability Student Support Officer Roundtable (KSSK) was held.
On February 16, the Kansai Student Support Roundtable (KSSK) was held at Campus Plaza Kyoto, with the aim of providing a forum for people in charge of supporting students with disabilities at universities and junior colleges in the Kansai region to exchange opinions and interact with each other.This is the 18th time.Trends in Support for Students with Disabilities“Jun Murata, Assistant Professor (Chief Coordinator of the Support Room for Students with Disabilities) at Kyoto University, who is also a member of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology’s Study Group on Study Group on Study Support for Students with Disabilities,We talked about changes in the situation surrounding support for students with disabilities in higher education institutions and nationwide trends.
In subsequent breakout sessions, , “Support Practice (Introductory and Advanced)”Support for students with developmental and mental disabilities (careers, external collaboration)The participants were divided into five groups under three themes, “Support System (Legal, Reasonable Accommodation),” and exchanged opinions on how to support students with disabilities, based on various issues and case studies faced by each university.
This year’s KSSK was attended by 61 faculty members, staff, counselors, nurses, and others from universities and junior colleges of different sizes and support systems. Participants’ comments include: “I was able to understand the points of the second summary (draft) of the study group on study support for students with disabilities and understand future trends,” “I felt that it was necessary to develop a disability support system and support program in advance,” “I was able to learn about the situation of other universities in detail at the subcommittee, which was helpful in setting up a support system for my own university. Even though the universities are different, they have a lot in common, and it was very helpful to hear their lively opinions.”
The feature of KSSK is that it is possible to have frank and frank discussions from the perspective of a practitioner, regardless of the size of the university or the presence or absence of a support system, regardless of the position or level of experience, and to form a network of universities and staff. The articles of this subcommittee will be introduced on the KSSK website (https://www.consortium.or.jp/project/dss/kssk) at a later date.
The next 19th meeting is scheduled to be held around September 2017. Once the details of the event have been decided, we will announce it on the website of the University Consortium Kyoto.
In the topic provision, we confirmed the trend of disability support in the country and exchanged information on support methods in a small group of subcommittees.
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Outline of the 18th Kansai Disability Student Support Staff Roundtable
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