Faculty

Research field Name Research content
Visual impairment KAKIZAWA Toshibumi Special needs education, Educational Psychology of Persons with Visual Impairment and Blindness Eye Movement of Persons with Visual Impairment
Causes of Visual Impairments
SASHIMA Tsuyoshi Disability Sciences for Person with Visual Impairment, Psychology and Education for Children with Multiple Disabilities
MIYAUCHI Hisae Education for visually impaired, support system for children with low-
incidence disabilities in local mainstream schools
WADA Tsunehiko Japanese therapy “Riryo” and training for blind “Riryo” therapists
Research support for the visually impaired, Blind sports and esports
Hearing impairment OBUCHI Chie Psychophysiological study of listening and language for people with deaf or hard of hearing, Assessment and management for people with listening difficulties or auditory processing disorders
SATO Atsuko A psychological study of language development in deaf and hard-of-hearing children, Educational support for deaf and hard-of-hearing children

Intellectual, Developmental and Behavioral Disorders

KOJIMA Michio A study on the self of intellectually disabled and developmentally disabled children, Study on development support for children with Down syndrome
NORO Fumiyuki Applied behavior analysis for children with intellectual and developmental
disabilities
YONEDA Hiroki Education and Welfare for Persons with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities, Curriculum for Students with Intellectual and Developmental disabilities, Inclusive Education System
UONO Shota Cognitive psychology and neuroscience research on social cognitive functions in children and adults with neurodevelopmental disorders
SASAKI Ginga Support for Learning and Employment of Adolescents and Adults with Developmental Disabilities, Use of Assistive Technology and ICT for People with Disabilities Organizational Behavioral Management in Educational and Welfare Facilties
TANJI Takayuki Reading intervention, reading and writing development, assistive technology (ICT), self-regulated learning, applied behavior analysis, developmental disabilities 
SAMBAI Ami Cognitive mechanisms and educational supports for developmental dyslexia and developmental language disorders (specific language impairment)
ISHIZUKA Yuka Developmental behavioral interventions to promote communication in young children with developmental disabilities, based on applied behavior analysis and clinical developmental psychology
MATSUDA Soichiro Early Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
Using Human-Human Technologies for Behavioral Change
Physical disabilities
/ Health Impairments
SUZUKI Hisato Research in medical genetics and support for children with congenital anomalies and chronic diseases
Speech / Language Disorders MIYAMOTO Shoko Assessment and treatment for speech fluency disorder (stuttering and cluttering), A study of teaching and support methods for pediatric language developmental disorders and selective mutism
IIMURA Daichi Speech-language, physiological, and psychological research on mechanisms and support for stuttering or other fluency disorders
Principles of disability sciences OKA Noriko History of education/welfare for people with disabilities, International comparative study of disability issues, Disability and society
Disability welfare NAGAWA Masaru Community life support for people with disabilities
MORICHI Toru Community life support for people with intellectual disabilities (especially supported decision making, peer support, etc.)
YAMANAKA Katsuo Strategies and systems for psychosocial support for people with dementia and those around them
KAWANO Yoshiyuki Rehabilitation for people with dementia (particularly psychosocial support), gender and rehabilitation, and support for sexual and gender minorities in higher education