Abstract
This study aimed to clarify how a veteran preschool teacher (VPT) reframes their profession during the first year assignment as a special eduation support teacher (SEST). I conducted semi-structured interviews with a VPT who had 17 years of experience as a lead preschool teacher, followed by the Steps for Coding and Theorization (SCAT) analysis. The result showed that the participant had the following specific frames: a frame to understand differences among individual children, which enables to identify characteristics of disabilities through understanding of children’s personalities; and a frame to understand the diversity of a group in which individual children are different, regardless of disability. It is important to understand the children not just from the viewpoint of their disabilities but also through their characteristics.
