특수교육지원센터에 근무하는 유아특수교사의 역할과 지원 요구

Abstract

The purpose of this study is to investigate the roles, difficulties, points of reward, and support needs of early childhood special education teachers working in special education support centers through their experiences and perception. For the research method, Focus Group Interview(FGI) was conducted with 6 early childhood special education teachers who had more than 2 years of work experience in special education support center. As a result of the study, 5 categories and 23 sub-themes were derived. In the special education support center, the duties and roles of early childhood special education teachers were diagnosis and evaluation, itinerant education, therapy support, infant class operation, in-service training program operation, etc. They felt the reward of working in the special education support center was positive and rewarding in the center's administrative work, and infant class operation support. The difficulties were to complaints, conducting diagnostic evaluations, appropriate placement according th children’s educational needs, counseling with parents, lack of understanding of work due to lack of work and field experience. The improvement related to the work of the special education support center required division of work, systematic training support, and a balanced teacher arrangement. Needs for support related to the work of the special education support center included administrative and financial support and placement of a special education supervisor for early childhood special education. Based on the results of this study, the role of early childhood special education teachers working in the special education support center and improvement measures were discussed to strengthen their professionalism.