Development of a Support System for Children with Disabilities to Attend Elementary School :

A Trial Use of Support Files for Children in Transition from Kindergarten to School

Abstract

This study analyzes a support system that connects day care for children with disabilities to special support education at elementary school. This system consists of three parts: assessments, child care conferences, and support files. Teachers can better understand the particular characteristic of a child with disabilities from a developmental check list and assessment. In a child care conference, teachers may present child care goals and strategies and determine how to implement them in practice. A record of child care practice is summarized in one support file for use as a document to enter elementary school. This system is more convenient for use at a nursery, kindergarten and elementary school than the current system for special education now being arranged in each municipality.