Welcome to the
Yamanashi prefectural School for the Visually impaired

Established 1919 ~

 Shimoiida 2- 10 -2
Kofu City ,Yamanashi Prefecture,Japan
 E-mail:  ysvi@kai.ed.jp

Phone(055)226-3361
Fax(055)226-3362


 

Outline of the school
Our school is foundation 84years. It is an only blind school in this prefecture. Now an adult of 55 years old of high department rehabilitation department learns it from 3 years old child of a childish department. We "bring up the human being who is full of hearts with health, and education target of our school feeds the power that it is possible for social independence". We conform to education target and give a concrete guidance important point. We do careful guidance to personality of student each one, degree of an obstacle.

[A concrete guidance important point]
1 In deference to one personality and ability, We think about the future in a field of vision large as possible.
2 We resemble two general education, vocational education and try for improvement of scholarship.
3 We work on three independence and, through experience activity, feed knowledge and a skill to make up for an obstacle.
4 We acquire four basics habits and try for upbringing of rich human nature. 

We established a weak-eyed education consultation room in 1996. We distributed a pamphlet to the cities, towns and villages Board of Education under a prefecture, a medical institution, an elementary and junior high school. We carry out periodical consultation in consultation society and our school in each place and help children troubled with sight disorder. We do finding employment guidance of the rehabilitation department that most are halfway handicapped people or after-sale service of a graduate. Now we wrestle toward education center of a sight handicapped person.
 We want to have an opinion from many people through this homepage. We want to try for practice of more substantial education.
 
 We wait for a frank opinion, an impression of the all of you who looked at this homepage.

A characteristic of a school and History of school
Our school started as private Yamanashi KunmoH academy in 1919. We pass through prefectural transfer, and there is the history of 83 afterwards. We sent a graduate of more than 1000 out. A graduate is out of within the prefecture and We are made and play an active part led by a rapid masseur in each field.
 The famous American Parkins blind school principal ever visited the our school worldwide. In addition, extend over four times by education of deafness and dumbness disorder, and is appointed by Education Ministry experimental school || increased. We achieved a pioneer role of education of the blind in the country. We held a national open study meet recently as Education Ministry education for the handicapped course of study study designated school in 6.7 Heisei year.  We install a weak-eyed education consultation room from 1993 and it is wide and, for various places of babies and young children / a child / a student with sight disorder and the protector and an adult, can turn in the school outside and develops education consultation activity. The approach gets the high appraisal.


Educational target
"Man of a rich mind is healthily promoted, and can socially independent power is supported. "

Faculty composition
・Childishness part(Three years old−Five years old)
・Elementary school part(six courses of year)
・Junior high school part(three courses of year)
・Advanced level part
The regular course usually considers department (three courses of year) visual disturbance, and does study based on the kindergarten, the elementary school, the junior high school, and the high school. (There is a repetition trouble class, too. )It aims at the occupation independence by health massage(three courses of year) major department health massage (three courses of year) sub massage(three courses of year) masseur and acupuncture moxa cauterizer. - The dormitory is set up.


Support Center for the Visually Handicapped

   Is not there a trouble for sight?
 We establish "sight disorder education consultation / support center" to meet needs of a sight handicapped child (a person) in a prefecture at a blind school.
From the baby who included some problems in judgment to an old person || guide you.
We accept consultation of the person concerned and, other than the person himself, support it.
 We do an introduction or course consultation of a supporting ingredient in sight disorder of halfway.
 We accept various consultation of a graduate.
We take cooperation with a weak-eyed class and being on the register roll school and each many facilities concerned and promote understanding for general various places for a sight obstacle.

  
   We do such a support.

○ We inspect a function of sight.  
  We carry out eyesight and inspection such as a field of vision and offer information about sight and eyesight of child.
○ We raise power and various senses to watch through a play.
  We support it  We "watch it and touch it and check" it, and to be able to affect environment of the circumference positively.
○ We talk about breeding of child.
  We support a thought about the development of child and the breeding that We see it, and met one together.
○ We introduce a tool for sight assistance.   
  We explain tool for appropriate assistance an introduction and usage that We are accompanied such as a weak-eyed lens, enlarged reading device, a PC.
○ We do support to read a letter well.  
  We examine size of a letter in accord with the reality of a child or space between the lines between appropriate letters and support it.
○ The teaching materials and advice of guidance method.
  We support how to make teaching materials which We are easy to watch in the side of teacher whom a problem teaches a certain child to in sight and a way of support.
○ Course consultation.
  We offer the information that it is necessary to affect sight handicapped child live course choice registered at normal school and support it.
○ An introduction of an enlarged textbook / expansion manuscript.   
  With an enlarged textbook, We magnified a letter of a textbook of a main subject.
  With an enlarged manuscript, We can adapt myself to assuming a posture the child and can adjust size of a letter finely.
  An enlarged manuscript is made by a way of a volunteer. Now We train a volunteer in Yamanashi.     


Contact us
Yamanashi prefectural school for the blind
 zip code : 400-0064
 Shimoiida 2- 10 -2 ,Kofu City ,Yamanashi Prefecture, Japan
 E-mail:  ysvi@kai.ed.jp


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