Describing the “Relax-and-Step Exercise” Stages 　 In Search for Psychological and Developmental Supportive Method for “Troublesome Children”

ヨウジキ　ノ　キ　ニ　ナル　コ　ノ　シンリ　ハッタツテキ　エンジョ　ヲ　メザス　ノビノビ　ドッシリ　タイソウ　ノ　ゲンゴカ　ノ　ココロミ

サカキハラ, ヒサナオ

Sakakihara, Hisanao

中野, 弘治

ナカノ, コウジ

Nakano, Koji

オオサカ ダイガク ダイガクイン ニンゲン カガク ケンキュウカ キョウイクガクケイ

Department of Education, Graduate School of Human Sciences, Osaka University

関係障碍

“気になる子”

発達性協調運動障害

体育

Clinical Dohsa-hou

relationship disturbance

developmental coordination disorder

physical education

“troublesome children”

In Japan, opportunities for physical exercising and interpersonal interacts in preschool classrooms are on decline and this trend is likely to endanger both the physical and emotional development of preschool children. While “troublesome children” present major challenges in preschools, full-fl edged supportive and educational practices for these children are yet to be established. Therefore, it is important to consider how to assess and intervene in order to promote the physical and emotional development of preschool children. To help confront these needs, it is necessary to revise an international diagnostic manual so as to enable a dual diagnosis of developmental coordination disorder (DCD) and autistic spectrum disorder (ASD). In the previous version of the diagnostic manual, this dual diagnosis could not be performed, resulting in scarce attention being addressed to the problematic aspects of motor-movement and motor coordination among children with ASD. However, since the revision has become available, these problems, especially their impact on the children’s physical and emotional development, have attracted attention among professionals, such as teachers, therapists, and health care providers. The present study is aimed at describing the stages of the so-called “relax-and-step exercise” through an interview with the exercise’s developer himself, a clinical Dohsa-hou therapist. On the basis of interview, we discuss the concrete content of the exercise and several related ley issues in a search for psychological and developmental supportive method for “troublesome children”.

中野, 弘治