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ArticleHeliyon2023

Characteristics of students who require elementary school counselors' support owing to developmental disorders.

Yutaro Hirata, Eiji Ozawa

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Article in Heliyon, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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  1. School absenteeism in autistic children and adolescents: A scoping review.Autism : the international journal of research and practice · 2024
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Yutaro HirataFaculty of Law, Economics and the Humanities, Kagoshima University, Korimoto, Kagoshima, Japan.
Eiji OzawaFaculty of Human-Environment Studies, Kyushu University, Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Awareness and support for developmental disorders are increasing in Japan. In the education field, support from school counselors for students with developmental disorders and their roles and responsibilities in elementary schools are on the rise. However, identifying and addressing specific conditions and developmental disorders that require school counselors' attention are not clearly planned. Therefore, this study explored the characteristics of students who require elementary school counselors' support owing to developmental disorders. The participants included 17 school counselors who were experienced in working at elementary schools. Through semi-structured interviews, 30 cases were discussed, examined, and categorized based on "case characteristics," "classification of the main complaint," "basic information on the diagnosis," and "type of support." The analysis included detailed viewpoints of 13 school counselors, a code frequency table, and contrast tables, focusing on the main complaint and diagnosis. Regarding the children whose main complaint was "school refusal," eight out of nine cases were in the fourth grade or above, with several cases of suspected developmental disorders or autism spectrum disorder. The number of children with comorbid attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder, including suspected cases, seemed to be higher, especially in Grades 3-5. The study highlighted the importance of assessing students' developmental characteristics related to the main complaint in the background of a secondary problem. Furthermore, early detection and interventions should be conducted in the first and second grades.

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ADHD, attention-deficit hyperactivity disorderASD, autism spectrum disorderDevelopmental disorderElementary schoolJapanQualitative researchSchool adaptationSchool counselorSC, school counselorSupport

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PMID36873511
PMCPMC9982625

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