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Research Staff
| Name | Position | Specialized Field | Key Words |
|---|---|---|---|
| Department of Policy and Planning | |||
| Susumu Oouchi | Research Director (General Planning and Coordination) | Visual Impairments | Educational Guidance for Blind children, Studies of Braille and Haptic Perception, Education in Italy |
| Megue Nakazawa | Research Director (International Affairs) | Multiple Disabilities | Deafblind Education, Development of Communication, Networking Families and Professionals |
| Hiroto Fujimoto | Senior Chief Researcher ( Research Planning Coordinator, Policy Coordinator, Administration and Finance) | Policy of Education for Children with disabilities | Course Instruction, Activities to Promote Independence, Speech and Multiple Disabilities, School for deaf |
| Yoshihiro Tanaka | Senior Chief Researcher (International Exchange, International Comparison) | Visual Impairments | Guidance and Counseling, Activities to Promote Independence, Braille Teaching |
| Tetsuya Munekata | Senior Chief Researcher (Evaluation) | Educational Technology | Assistive Technology, Educational Materials, Formative Evaluation |
| Takeshi Kaneko | Chief Researcher | Visual Impairments | Activities to Promote Independence , Tactile Graphics, Support for Infants |
| Shigeki Kuboyama | Chief Researcher | Communication Disabilities | Child Care Support, Infants and toddlers, Social Support System |
| Akiko Yanagisawa | Researcher | Autism | Support for Siblings Living Persons with Disabilities, Individual Family Support Program(IFSP), Education aiming at promoting an understanding to disabilities | Department of Educational Support |
| Kouki Chida | Research Director (Special Needs Education) Department Head |
Visual Impairments | Functional Vision Assessment of Children with Disabilities, Guidance and Counseling, Support for Persons with Visual Impairments |
| Ken Sasamoto | Research Director (Survey) | Profound and Multiple Disabilities | Activities to Promote Independence, Body Action as Expression, Education in Germany, Italy |
| Kengo Nishimaki | Research Director (Seminar Coordinator, Medical and Welfare Coordinate, and Lifelong Learning) | Health Impairments | Social Support, Public Health, Pediatrics |
| Kanyu Matsumura | Senior Chief Researcher (Survey) | Speech and Health handicaps | Resource Room, Communication Disabilities |
| Toshio Naganuma | Senior Chief Researcher (Survey) | Physical/Motor Disabilities | Profound and Multiple Disabilities, Study of Teaching-Learning Press, Team Teaching |
| Nobutaka Kimura | Senior Chief Researcher (Special Needs Education Schools) | Intellectual Disabilities | Autism, Curriculum, Career Education, Team Management |
| Masashi Inoue | Senior Chief Researcher (Special Needs Education Schools) | Autism | Intellectual Disabilities, Course Instruction, Improvement of Instruction in Classes |
| Yumiko Hirose | Senior Chief Researcher (Regular Schools) | Emotional Disabilities | Autism, Activities to Promote Independence, Teacher Support |
| Mayumi Sawada | Senior Chief Researcher (Seminar Coordinator, Medical and Welfare Coordinate) | Visual Impairments | Activities to Promote Independence, Course Instruction, Braille Teaching |
| Kimihito Harada | Senior Chief Researcher (Lifelong Learning) | Education for Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Early Education, Artificial Cochlea |
| Kazufumi Kikuchi | Chief Researcher | Intellectual Disabilities | Intellectual Disabilities, Autism, Creating the Class |
| Akio Tokunaga | Chief Researcher | Physical/Motor Disabilities | Activities to Promote Independence, ICF(International Classification of Functioning, Disabilities and Health), ICF-CY |
| Michimasa Ozawa | Chief Researcher | Educational Counseling | Intellectual Disabilities, Autism |
| Yasumi Makino | Chief Researcher | Speech and Hearing Handicaps | Communication and Language Intervention, Language Acquisition, Communication Disabilities |
| Megumi Wakui | Researcher | Developmental Disabilities | Cooperating Learning, Social Skills Training, |
| Munehisa Tamaki | Researcher | Autism | LD/ADHD |
| Department of Teacher Training and Information | |||
| Hitoshi Nakamura | Research Director (In-service Teacher Training/
Information Resources and Assistive Technology) Department Head |
Educational Technology | Information Technology and Education, Computing Education, Assistive Technology |
| Yoshiaki Oda | Senior Chief Researcher (Planning Curriculum Development of Teacher Training Course) | Deaf and Hard of Hearing | Communication and Language Intervention, Deaf Studies, Sign Language Studies |
| Kuniyoshi Takigawa | Senior Chief Researcher (Survey on Teacher Training Support and e-learning) Dept of Information Center of Education for the person with Developmental Disabilities | Education for Health Impairments | Curriculum, School Support |
| Katsuhiro Kanamori | Senior Chief Researcher (Information Resources, Assistive Technology) | Assistive Technology | Assistive Technology, Physical/Motor Disabilities, Education of Information Technology |
| Hirofumi Osaki | Chief Researcher | Profound and Multiple Disabilities | Home/Hospital-Bound Education, Medical Care, Education in China |
| Tetsuya Watanabe | Chief Researcher | Information Technology | Support for Persons with Visual Impairments, Support for tertiary education, Human Interface |
| Yumiko Saito | Researcher | Profound and Multiple Disabilities | Childhood Educational Support, Self-determination |
| Masahiro Watanabe | Researcher | Assistive Technology | Information Technology for Education, Educational Materials, Assistive Technology Library |
| Department of Counseling and Consultation for Persons with Special Needs | |||
| Tetsuo Gokami | Research Director (Counseling and Consultation) Department Head |
Speech and Language Disabilities | Profound and Multiple Disabilities, Educational Counseling (Social Support), Family Support |
| Michiyo Kobayashi | Senior Chief Researcher (Coordination and Dissemination) | Communication Disabilities | Social Support System, Family Support, |
| Shigeki Fujii | Senior Chief Researcher (Overseas Japanese Schools Support and Collaboration with Japanese Companies) Dept of Information Center of Education for the person with Developmental Disabilities | Developmental Disabilities | Social Support, School Support |
| Shun Yokoo | Chief Researcher | Deaf and Hard Hearing | Guidance and Counseling, Language Development, Outreach Program of Deaf School |
| Jun Uekida | Researcher | Emotional Disabilities Developmental Disabilities | Guidance and Counseling, Psychoanaly tic Psychotherapy, Attachment Disorders, Relationship Disorders |
| Information Center of Education for the persons with Developmental Disabilities | |||
| Yoshitaka Atsumi | Research Director (Information of Developmental Disabilities) Center Head |
Developmental Disabilities | Emotional Disabilities, Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, Neuroscience |
| Hiroki Sasamori | Senior Chief Researcher (Information of Developmental Disabilities) | LD/ADHD/High-Functioning Autism | Resource Rooms, Support for Schools and Teachers |
| Mari Umeda | Senior Chief Researcher (Information Network) | Developmental Disabilities | Tsukyu, LD/ADHD/High-Functioning Autism, School Support |
| Masayuki Oshiro | Chief Researcher | Developmental Disabilities | Special Classes, LD/ADHD/High-Functioning Autism, School Support |
| Hirotsugu Ota | Chief Researcher | Educational Technology | Information and Communication Literacy, Assistive Technology, Collaboration with Society |
| Akiko Kaizu | Researcher | LD (Learning Disabilities) | Assessment, Learning Method, Individualized Education |
| Yumi Ito | Researcher | Psychologic Therapy | Support for Attachment Disorders, Developmental Disabilities |