2023 Volume 11 Issue 2 Pages 55-59
This study aims to introduce the instructional methods and content of activities for independent living (jiritsukatsudo) employed in Japanese schools for intellectual disabilities, focusing on improving related issues. In particular, the following three issues are discussed: (1) objects and contents of activities for independent living that are unclear because they are conducted through the “teaching of integrated subjects” (kaku-kyouka-to wo awaseta-shido) or “school education activities as a whole,” (2) growing needs of the teaching profession and accommodation for students with autism spectrum disorder, (3) effective cooperation with external specialists in schools for intellectual disabilities. To deal with these challenges, it is necessary to improve individualized teaching plans and more research on the relationship between those plans and activities for independent living in these schools.
