Create a collaborating system among homeroom teachers and co-medical professionals : About original community based system

Abstract

In T prefecture, a collaborating system has been set up, where teachers and comedical professionals can work as a team to support children with some problems in mainstream classes, based on the results and analysis of several investigations to create a new phase in the helping process. The investigations have been conducted in the form of questionnaires, and the majority of the homeroom teachers who filled in the questionnaires express needs for various professional advice and support to help children with problems in their classes. They also indicate the urgent need for a collaborating system, which is quite different from what the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology advocated. Teachers say that the easier access for them is the Educational Administration of Municipalities, and that their need for a new system is urgent where they can work with comedical professionals. In addition, the close analysis assessed by KJ method shows that there are 8 obstructive items for setting up a collaborating system such as lack of budget or absence of access measures. As the co-medical university in this region can offer some useful means for solution to eliminate those 8 items an original type of cooperating system has been organized, with the university staff being involved. To make this system work effectively and practically, collaboration with the Board of Education in the cities, towns, and villages is necessary. Teachers and co-medical professionals need to deal with many more cases to ensure this system's further development.