Difficulties in child development and educational activity for "self-formation" : The problem of child with mild developmental disorder and maltreatment.(<Special Editing>Development of the self among children and adolescents in contemporary society : On the way of supports by educational psychology)

Abstract

We have become to have concern about the issues of children with mild developmental disorder and maltreatment and discussed how they accompany with difficulties in human development and education. In this paper I first pointed out a characteristic problem shown by the survey in institutions for dependent children in Hokkaido. A large number of children in these institutions showed maltreatment and needs for special educational support. Second I described 6-year follow up study of the child with learning disabilities and maltreatment from childhood to adolescence. We must reconsider whether our support or educational approach to them in the setting of school will be worthwhile. In this point I emphasized that it is necessary for them to receive an educational activity that can promote their "self-formation". For the sake of arguing this I examined theories of human development that discussed "self-formation", -like Winicott's theory, Kohut's theory and Wallon's theory-.