{"title":"Effects of Cardiac Rehabilitation on Executive Function in Sedentary Older Adults","authors":"Minji Kim, Chaeyoon Cho, Chaewon Lee, M. Kohzuki","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.11.98","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.11.98","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"40 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"117009345","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
TPR (Total Physical Response) can be the teaching method for the foreign language activity in the special needs education. One of the representative characteristics of TPR is that the student is not asked to respond with verbal language and they can respond with whole-body actions instead. Therefore, during the foreign language activities, students can respond with actions instead of striving to respond with verbal language. TPR method may be the most suitable method for the students who need special supports when learning foreign language and would reduce their burden during the foreign language activities. This study aimed to verify the effects of TPR method using the SNEAT by participating in the foreign language activity that employed the TPR method in special needs schools and analyzing the classes, since the TPR method would play the great role for the foreign language activity in the special needs education.
{"title":"The Performance Verification of Foreign Language Activity Using TPR for the Elementary Students with Intellectual Disabilities","authors":"Minami Kinjo, Kohei Mori, A. Tanaka","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.10.68","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.10.68","url":null,"abstract":"TPR (Total Physical Response) can be the teaching method for the foreign language activity in the special needs education. One of the representative characteristics of TPR is that the student is not asked to respond with verbal language and they can respond with whole-body actions instead. Therefore, during the foreign language activities, students can respond with actions instead of striving to respond with verbal language. TPR method may be the most suitable method for the students who need special supports when learning foreign language and would reduce their burden during the foreign language activities. This study aimed to verify the effects of TPR method using the SNEAT by participating in the foreign language activity that employed the TPR method in special needs schools and analyzing the classes, since the TPR method would play the great role for the foreign language activity in the special needs education.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"82 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"115030783","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Yuko Fujio, N. Ogawa, Megumi Kodaira, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Takahito Takeuchi
Undernutrition is a factor associated with care dependency in the elderly. Undernutrition means the state that a nutrient necessary to live healthfully can’t take in. This study examined the nutritional status and mental/physical functions of the care-dependent elderly living in facilities and home covered by long-term care insurance to clarify factors influencing their nutritional status, as well as indices for the early identification of undernutrition among them. I analyzed it about the Alb level and BMI to become indices of undernutrition in this study. Data regarding the actual status of 529 care-dependent elderly individuals, 369 (69.8%) residents of Long-term Care Insurance-covered facilities (facility group), and 160 (30.2%) living at home (home group), were obtained in 9 arbitrarily selected areas. Care dependency was frequently marked in the facility group, while it was generally mild in the home group. Regarding the nutritional status, there were no differences in the BMI between the groups, but the Alb level was lower in the former. The Alb level was also significantly correlated with 4 factors: BMI, mode of feeding, dietary intake, and ability to walk. On detailed analysis, decreases in the Alb level were associated with altered modes of feeding and a reduced ability to walk in the facility group, and a decreased dietary intake in the home group. These results support the feasibility of predicting decreases in the Alb level by clarifying altered modes of feeding and a reduced ability to walk among those with marked care dependency, and by detecting decreases in the dietary intake among those with mild care dependency even when the Alb level is unclear. The factors identified in this study may be new indices for the identification of undernutrition in the care-dependent elderly.
{"title":"Indices of Undernutrition in the Care-dependent Elderly","authors":"Yuko Fujio, N. Ogawa, Megumi Kodaira, Yoshiyuki Inoue, Takahito Takeuchi","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.10.16","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.10.16","url":null,"abstract":"Undernutrition is a factor associated with care dependency in the elderly. Undernutrition means the state that a nutrient necessary to live healthfully can’t take in. This study examined the nutritional status and mental/physical functions of the care-dependent elderly living in facilities and home covered by long-term care insurance to clarify factors influencing their nutritional status, as well as indices for the early identification of undernutrition among them. I analyzed it about the Alb level and BMI to become indices of undernutrition in this study. Data regarding the actual status of 529 care-dependent elderly individuals, 369 (69.8%) residents of Long-term Care Insurance-covered facilities (facility group), and 160 (30.2%) living at home (home group), were obtained in 9 arbitrarily selected areas. Care dependency was frequently marked in the facility group, while it was generally mild in the home group. Regarding the nutritional status, there were no differences in the BMI between the groups, but the Alb level was lower in the former. The Alb level was also significantly correlated with 4 factors: BMI, mode of feeding, dietary intake, and ability to walk. On detailed analysis, decreases in the Alb level were associated with altered modes of feeding and a reduced ability to walk in the facility group, and a decreased dietary intake in the home group. These results support the feasibility of predicting decreases in the Alb level by clarifying altered modes of feeding and a reduced ability to walk among those with marked care dependency, and by detecting decreases in the dietary intake among those with mild care dependency even when the Alb level is unclear. The factors identified in this study may be new indices for the identification of undernutrition in the care-dependent elderly.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"86 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131586938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
This study had two purposes; first, it aimed to clarify the problems in the definitions of developmental disabilities by analyzing the pertinent laws to them; second, it also aimed to suggest the tasks in the aspects of system and policy by understanding the current state of the field of education. Even the same disabilities are called as different names from whether they are used in the field of education or medicine; the definition of developmental disabilities needs to be unified regardless of the fields. It doesn't have to be unified with the terms that have been used in the field of education, but the definitions and terms related to developmental disabilities must be unified. For the sufficient supports for students with developmental disabilities, it is critical to improve the expertise of teachers. To improve their expertise, the teaching certificate for special needs education needs to be newly created and the curriculum that would be helpful to teach students with developmental disabilities should be prepared.
{"title":"The Definition and Current State of the Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities and the Tasks for the Education for Them in the Aspects of System and Policy","authors":"Haejin Kwon, Marie Aoki, Natsuki Yano","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.10.41","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.10.41","url":null,"abstract":"This study had two purposes; first, it aimed to clarify the problems in the definitions of developmental disabilities by analyzing the pertinent laws to them; second, it also aimed to suggest the tasks in the aspects of system and policy by understanding the current state of the field of education. Even the same disabilities are called as different names from whether they are used in the field of education or medicine; the definition of developmental disabilities needs to be unified regardless of the fields. It doesn't have to be unified with the terms that have been used in the field of education, but the definitions and terms related to developmental disabilities must be unified. For the sufficient supports for students with developmental disabilities, it is critical to improve the expertise of teachers. To improve their expertise, the teaching certificate for special needs education needs to be newly created and the curriculum that would be helpful to teach students with developmental disabilities should be prepared.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"25 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"129645353","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
By the time the average reader reaches the References section of this paper, statistics from the Alzheimer’s Society (UK) suggest that an additional 187 people, worldwide, will have been diagnosed as having some form of dementia. A combination of the rising costs of dementia care and increasing evidence that costly medical interventions seem to provide a relatively limited number of benefits, has generated a corresponding interest in a wide range of nonpharmacological interventions for those with dementia. In this paper, we present a summary of the initial findings from an on-going comparative study carried out in Japan and England. Our research design involved a series of interviews and structured observations carried out with participants, nursing staff and family members, all of whom attended a series of music concerts in Japan and England. Our initial findings suggest that musical experiences can produce significant benefits for those people living with dementia and all those involved in their care.
{"title":"Exploring the benefits and uses of musical experiences in the context of dementia care","authors":"Kagari Shibazaki, Nigel Marshall","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.10.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.10.1","url":null,"abstract":"By the time the average reader reaches the References section of this paper, statistics from the \u0000Alzheimer’s Society (UK) suggest that an additional 187 people, worldwide, will have been \u0000diagnosed as having some form of dementia. A combination of the rising costs of dementia care \u0000and increasing evidence that costly medical interventions seem to provide a relatively limited \u0000number of benefits, has generated a corresponding interest in a wide range of nonpharmacological \u0000interventions for those with dementia. In this paper, we present a summary of \u0000the initial findings from an on-going comparative study carried out in Japan and England. Our \u0000research design involved a series of interviews and structured observations carried out with \u0000participants, nursing staff and family members, all of whom attended a series of music concerts \u0000in Japan and England. Our initial findings suggest that musical experiences can produce \u0000significant benefits for those people living with dementia and all those involved in their care.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"134 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124151129","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
The Special Needs Education Assessment Tool (SNEAT) were verified of reliability and validity. However, the reliability and validity has been verified is only Okinawa Prefecture, the national data has not been analyzed. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the reliability and construct validity of SNEAT in Miyagi Prefecture as part of the national survey. SNEAT using 55 children collected from the classes on independent activities of daily living for children with disabilities in Miyagi Prefecture between November and December 2015. Survey data were collected in a longitudinal prospective cohort study. The reliability of SNEAT was verified via the internal consistency method; the coefficient of Cronbach’s α were over 0.7. The validity of SNEAT was also verified via the latent growth curve model. SNEAT is valid based on its goodness-of-fit values obtained using the latent growth curve model, where the values of comparative fit index (0.997), tucker-lewis index (0.996) and root mean square error of approximation (0.025) were within the goodness-of-fit range. These results indicate that SNEAT has high reliability and construct validity.
{"title":"A Study on the Standardization of the SNEAT","authors":"Changwan Han, Aiko Kohara, M. Kohzuki","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.10.93","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.10.93","url":null,"abstract":"The Special Needs Education Assessment Tool (SNEAT) were verified of reliability and validity. However, the reliability and validity has been verified is only Okinawa Prefecture, the national data has not been analyzed. Therefore, this study aimed to verify the reliability and construct validity of SNEAT in Miyagi Prefecture as part of the national survey. SNEAT using 55 children collected from the classes on independent activities of daily living for children with disabilities in Miyagi Prefecture between November and December 2015. Survey data were collected in a longitudinal prospective cohort study. The reliability of SNEAT was verified via the internal consistency method; the coefficient of Cronbach’s α were over 0.7. The validity of SNEAT was also verified via the latent growth curve model. SNEAT is valid based on its goodness-of-fit values obtained using the latent growth curve model, where the values of comparative fit index (0.997), tucker-lewis index (0.996) and root mean square error of approximation (0.025) were within the goodness-of-fit range. These results indicate that SNEAT has high reliability and construct validity.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"128 41","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2016-04-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120820573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Aiko Kohara, Kwon Haejin, A. Goto, Katsunao Nagahama
The psychology, physiology and pathology of children with health impairment have not been sufficiently understood in the field of education. However, there is no tool to measure the psychological, physiological and pathological changes of children with health impairment until now and the current state of the classes to consider the psychology, physiology and pathology of children with health impairment has not been investigated. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between the psychological, physiological and pathological changes of children with health impairment and the outcome of the classes by using the PATCHI and SNEAT. The class evaluations were carried out for one 5th-grade student with health impairment by using both PATCHI and SNEAT once a week between January and March in 2015. In results of data collection, the psychological, physiological and pathological changes of children with health impairment and the outcomes of classes at schools were measured and the tasks to be improved in the curriculum of universities for teacher education for special needs education were investigated.
{"title":"Longitudinal Verification of the Relationship between Psychological, Physiological and Pathological Changes and the Outcome of Classes","authors":"Aiko Kohara, Kwon Haejin, A. Goto, Katsunao Nagahama","doi":"10.14391/AJHS.9.107","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14391/AJHS.9.107","url":null,"abstract":"The psychology, physiology and pathology of children with health impairment have not been sufficiently understood in the field of education. However, there is no tool to measure the psychological, physiological and pathological changes of children with health impairment until now and the current state of the classes to consider the psychology, physiology and pathology of children with health impairment has not been investigated. This study aimed to clarify the relationship between the psychological, physiological and pathological changes of children with health impairment and the outcome of the classes by using the PATCHI and SNEAT. The class evaluations were carried out for one 5th-grade student with health impairment by using both PATCHI and SNEAT once a week between January and March in 2015. In results of data collection, the psychological, physiological and pathological changes of children with health impairment and the outcomes of classes at schools were measured and the tasks to be improved in the curriculum of universities for teacher education for special needs education were investigated.","PeriodicalId":370734,"journal":{"name":"Asian journal of human services","volume":"66 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2015-10-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123763577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
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