埼玉県内の特別支援学校と言語聴覚士との連携に関する調査報告—今後の県士会における役割の検討

Collaboration between speech-language-hearing therapists (SLHTs) and schools for special needs education in Saitama prefecture: A questionnaire survey

　埼玉県内すべての特別支援学校46校を対象に，言語聴覚士(以下，ST)との連携の実態をアンケートにて調査し，埼玉県言語聴覚士会(以下，県士会)の役割や課題を検討した．アンケートの回収率は100％であった．現在，STを配置・活用している学校は23校(50％)で，うち20校は特別非常勤講師として配置されていた．仕事内容は教員への助言・支援，児童生徒の場面観察評価が多く，言語指導，構音指導，摂食・嚥下指導など多岐にわたっていた．STを活用していると回答したすべての学校からSTの活用には「利点がある」との回答を得た．今後STに期待する役割については，「専門的な視点に基づく具体的な指導と助言の継続」や「教員の指導力向上への貢献」とする意見が多く寄せられていた．これらの調査結果を踏まえ，県士会の役割は，特別支援学校とSTとの連携をいっそう深めていくことや特別支援教育に貢献できる人材の育成であることが示唆された．

　We conducted a questionnaire survey regarding collaboration between speech-language-hearing therapists (SLHTs) and schools for special needs education in Saitama prefecture and examined the roles and responsibilities of Saitama Speech-language-hearing Association. All the 46 schools in Saitama responded, of which 23 (50%) schools reported using SLHTs as outside experts, and 20 prefectural schools reported using SLHTs as special part-time lecturers. No schools reported employing full-time SLHTs. SLHTs in schools gave advice and support to teachers, made observations and assessments of the students, and provided a broad range of services concerning language, speech, articulation, feeding and swallowing disorders. All the schools utilizing SLHTs answered that placing SLHTs in school has helped them greatly in understanding the problems of students and finding out teaching methods specific for them. There were many schools that reported that they expected SLHTs would "continue to provide advice based on their professional knowledge and skills" and "contribute to improvement of teachers' teaching skills". Based on these findings, it was suggested that an important role of the prefectural SLHT association would be to facilitate further interaction between schools and SLHTs and to contribute to increasing human resources for special needs education.