This study surveyed boards of education of prefectures and designated cities with high school providing special needs services in resource rooms to ascertain the extent to which special needs education was providing learning assistance in high school.
Survey results indicated that a change in teachers’ attitudes, a change in students with special needs, and more tailored instruction and assistance were evident. Current issues special needs services in resource rooms in high schools with include aspects related to teachers (such as enhanced expertise of teachers providing learning assistance), aspects related to frameworks( such as school systems), and aspects related to budgets for teachers and educational materials.
Moreover, results revealed that providing special needs services in resource rooms in high school requires teacher expertise. This means an understanding of developmental disabilities and the ability to assist disabled students, knowledge of and leadership in special needs education, and knowledge of and leadership in efforts to foster the independence of disabled students.