Major of School Psychology (As of April 1, 2008) Outline of the Major Teaching and thesis advising in the Major

of School Psychology is conducted by academic staff members drawn from the School Psychology Department, the Center for the Research and Support of Educational Practice, and the Student Health and Counseling Center. The major consists of two departments: School Psychology and Clinical Psychology. Each student receives research supervision and extracurricular guidance from a principal supervisor in their department, who is chosen in accordance with the students own field of specialization. Students take subjects from among those offered in the departments to which they are attached. It is also possible to take subjects from different departments and majors if necessary for research purposes (and subject to restrictions for some subjects). Students must seek guidance from their principal supervisors when registering for subjects. Profile of the School Psychology Department The Department in School Psychology comprises specialist fields including teaching, learning, cognition, society, interpersonal relationships, groups, personality, and educational assessment. Supervising faculty, their areas of specialization and research themes are listed below. Faculty Member Atsushi Aikawa Hisako Itoi Hisashi Uebuchi Areas of Specialization / Research Themes (Content, etc.) Interpersonal psychology (social skills theories and training methods) Cognitive development (intellectual development, development of the capacity to comprehend fractions) Educational psychology / Developmental psychology (motivation / emotion / proficiency / qualitative research) Cognitive psychology / Educational assessment (teaching and methods for assessment in Japanese language education)

Manabu Kishi

Shinkichi Sugimori Takahiro Sekiguchi

Group psychology / Cultural and social psychology (individual-group relationships including bullying) Cognitive psychology / Cognitive neuroscience (reading and linguistic comprehension mechanisms)

Profile of the Clinical Psychology Department Specialist fields addressed in the Clinical Psychology Department include clinical pedagogy, counselling, clinical lifespan studies, clinical disability studies, and developmental psychology. Supervising faculty, their areas of specialization and research themes are listed below. Faculty Member Kazunari Ikeda Mii Okawara Hideki Sano Michiko Takahashi Toshisada Deguchi Soichi Hashimoto Areas of Specialization / Research Themes (Content, etc.) Physiological psychology (assessment of cognitive functions using physiological indicators) Clinical psychology / clinical pedagogy (child psychotherapy and family therapy) Anthropological approaches to counseling (including support for cross-cultural adaptation) Developmental psychology (social and emotional development, attachment) Aural cognitive psychology (mechanisms of aural cognitive disability) Psychology and clinical pedagogy of handicapped children (clinical developmental psychology of handicapped children and educational support for them) Developmental psychology, developmental disability support (linguistic development and support in infancy) Mental health and welfare studies, industrial mental health studies (program evaluation of mental health activities) Clinical child psychology (sociality problems, school counseling) Clinical psychology, gerontology (psychological

Akiko Hayashi Satoe Fukui

Naohiro Matsuo Osamu Matsuda

Shigeharu Matsumura

assessment of dementia and cognitive rehabilitation) Clinical pedagogy, educational psychology (class management, teacher-student relationships)

[Clinical Psychologist Certification] Since 2000, the Clinical Psychology Department has held Type 2 Graduate School designation under the Clinical Psychologist Graduate School Designation System. Students completing the Masters Department (in the Clinical Psychology Department only) can gain eligibility to sit the examination for certification as a clinical psychologist. Please note that training required for eligibility is held in the daytime (class periods between the hours of 8:50 a.m. and 5:40 p.m.): students who cannot take daytime classes will not be able to obtain eligibility. For more information on this system, please refer to the Educational Psychology Department website. Educational Psychology Department: http://www.u-gakugei.ac.jp/~psycho/ (Note: Obtaining eligibility for the clinical psychologist certification examination is not a compulsory component of the Clinical Psychology Department.) [School Psychologist / Clinical Developmental Psychologist Certification] Students can take subjects required to obtain eligibility to sit the examinations for certification as a school psychologist and a clinical developmental psychologist. [Special Educational Needs Specialist Accreditation Points Transfer] Some of the subjects offered in the Major of School Psychology are eligible for points transfer towards accreditation as a Special Educational Needs Specialist (LD, ADHD, etc.). Details are provided during post-enrollment orientation.