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（Last updated : 2023-07-14 10:11:20）

KURODA Manabu

Department / Course College of Social Sciences Department of Social Sciences

Title / Position Professor

Other Affiliations
1.	Graduate School of Sociology

Academic background
1.	1992/03 Degree Acquisition	│ Ritsumeikan University Master of sociology
2.	～1987/03	Department of Social Sciences │ Faculty of Social Science │ Ritsumeikan University │ Graduated
3.	～1992/03	Doctoral Program (1st Semester) │ Graduate School, Division of Sociology │ Ritsumeikan University │ Completed
4.	～1995/03	Doctoral Program (2nd Semester) │ Graduate School, Division of Sociology │ Ritsumeikan University │ Accomplished credits for doctoral program

Research activities
1.		Japanese Society for the Study of Social Welfare
2.		The Japanese Association of Special Education
3.		Association of Region and Community Studies
4.		Japan Association for Community Policy
5.		The Japanese Association for the Study of Guidance
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Subject of research
1.	Community Care and Social Support for Schoolchildren with Disabilities
2.	Problems on Person with Disabilities in Vietnam, Southeast Asia

Research summary
1. Study on Support for Community Life and Ensuring After-school Activities for School-age Children with Disabilities 2. Study on Problems Relating to People with Disabilities in Vietnam, Asia 3. Comparative Study on Educational and Social Development for Children with Special Needs Theme 1. (Study on Support for Community Life and Ensuring After-school Activities for School-age Children with Disabilities) examines actual life after school, of long vacation and at home and in the local community ‎of school-age children with disabilities, and studies measures towards supporting their community life, community care services and community building that enable them to make their out-of-school life more rich and fulfilling. Theme 2 (Study on Problems Relating to People with Disabilities in Vietnam, Asia) examines actual situations of unresolved issues of securing schooling, future life, jobs and other aspects of children with disabilities, and studies directions and problems towards addressing these issues. Theme 3 (Comparative Study, Educational and Social Development for Children with Special Needs on Inclusive Society and Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities), a five-year study from fiscal years 2011-2015 as a study theme (theme no. 23252010) of the Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A) of JSPS, conducts comparative study on educational and social development issues along life stages of children with special needs, those with mental retardation in particular, in Asia, Europe and Latin America.

Present specialized field
Area Studies, Social welfare and social work studies, Special needs education (Keyword：CWDs, leisure, social life, after school, community care, care of school children, social care, inclusion, special needs education(SNE), Southeast Asia, Vietnam, school attendance, transit education, working of PWDs)

Books
1.	2019/06	Young Vietnames Doctors in the Vietnam War and later │ ,pp.6-9, 12-30,126-128 (Co-authored)
2.	2017/07	The Comparative Studies Series in Special Needs Education and Social Development, Volume 4 Special Needs Education and inclusive Education in Japan and Asian Countries │ ,pp.3-11, 16-30, 39-48, 80-90, 180-193 (Co-authored)

Papers
1.	2023/06	Trends and Issues in Special Needs Education and Welfare for Children with Disabilities in Vietnam —Through Case Studies in Hanoi and Ho Chi Minh City— │ ,pp.319-336 (Co-authored)
2.	2021/10/31	Contemporary Meaning of Comparative Study related to Special Needs Education │ 27 (1),pp.48-56 (Sole-authored)
3.	2021/06/20	Trends and Challenges in Building Inclusive Society and Special Needs Education and Welfare for Children with Disabilities in Vietnam, Cambodia and ASEAN │ 57 (1),pp.93-112 (Co-authored)
4.	2017/02	COMPARATIVE STUDY OF EDUCATION FOR STUDENTS WITH SPECIAL NEEDS IN JAPAN AND POLAND │ SZKO£A SPECJALNA, The Maria Grzegorzewska University Warsaw, Poland │ (287),pp.28-40 (Co-authored)
5.	2016/12	Research on Decentralization and Regional Revitalization: Welfare and Governance in Northern Kyoto Prefecture │ 52 (3),pp.125-138 (Co-authored)
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Academic conference presentation
1.	2021/01/08	A Significance of Early Intervention System as Transition to School Education on the Experience in Japan (THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON SPECIAL EDUCATION 2021 "Early Intervention - Supporting for Development of Inclusive Education for Children with Developmental Disabilities”)
2.	2016/12/15	The Issues and Trends of Inclusive Education of Vietnam: On the Visiting Interview Research in Hanoi, Da Nang, Hue and HCMC (The 5th International Conference on Vietnamese Studies(ICVS 2016), Section 3: Education and training and human resource development)
3.	2015/08/24	The Comparative Study on the Education and Social Development for Children with Special Needs ― Italy as Case Study ― (International Scientific Conference: THE QUALITY OF INCLUSIVE EDUCATION FOR CHILDREN WITH DISABILITITES IN VIETNAM – CURRENT SITUATION AND SOLUTION)
4.	2015/04/22	The Practical Case of Employment for Persons with Disabilities in Japan (The 7th International Conference City of Moscow: "Equal Rights-Equal Opportunity)
5.	1998/07	Social Research of Children with a Disability and their Families in the Nha Be District, Vietnam, 1994-1996 (International Conference of Vietnamese Studies)