Abstract
In Japanese public education social work has been introduced and support for it has been gradually expanding. However, as we have seen in the case of social welfare services, we must say that social services in the schools are not sufficient.
Hereafter, what is needed for social work to become well established in our schools and for more effective support to expand, is a more interdisciplinary approach related to classroom situations and to the people who are taking part in the system. Specifically, knowledge about school education and school culture, as well as the disciplines of psychology which support students at all levels, is essential.
In this papel, Iwill discuss the interdisciplinary knowledge that is essential for the school of social work to develop as an educational theory. This study takes into account my own experiences and the studies of school psychology and clinical education related to interdisciplinari ty in leading literature.
