2021 Volume 60 Pages 91-103
This study provides an overview of trends in psychological research on special needs education in Japan. First, the major academic journals of Japan are broadly divided into the two categories "not directly related to disability" and "directly related to disability," and the amount and content of recent disability-related research (January 2017 to September 2020) are analyzed. In addition, a review of literature is conducted on trends in intervention research in persons with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) and strategies are considered for intervention research to contribute to school education in Japan. This paper examines the following four points: the view of evidence-based practice as one of the ways to optimize the environment of things and humans, the significance of incorporating evidence-based practices into the environment, the direction to connect the evidence to the practice of school education, and the area of evidence required for future school education.
