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Study Session + Roundtable Discussion: What is a Social Story?

  • Lecture
  • Roundtable
2026
9
／
12
Sat
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, mocamoca
  • 14:00–16:00

Inmocaken“About Social Story” program. With the goal of creating “social stories” for first-time museum visitors, we will hold study sessions and workshops over the course of two fiscal years. We will work on creating a booklet that introduces how to spend time at the museum and the facilities available there, with the aim of providing an opportunity for a diverse range of people—including those with developmental disabilities, non-native Japanese speakers, and children—to visit the museum with confidence.
In this study session, as preparation for creating the booklet, we will first learn about “social stories.” A “social story” is a social learning tool designed primarily for people with developmental characteristics such as autism spectrum disorder (ASD). By explaining situations and how to navigate them in advance, it helps individuals act with a sense of predictability. In recent years, drawing on the principles of social stories, various public facilities—including art museums—have released booklets and videos explaining how to navigate the space and use the facilities. For this session, we have invited three instructors to teach us the basics of social stories and share examples of their use in art museums. In the second half of the session, we will hold a roundtable discussion where participants and instructors can exchange opinions and ask questions.

*Conducted in Japanese.


Speaker's Profile

Harada Junya
Representative of “Autism Life Support Hiroshima Inguri Monguri/Kure Akari,” a support center for people with autism, their families, and caregivers. While working at facilities for people with disabilities, she came to realize the need for therapeutic education and support tailored to specific disabilities. She studied Applied Behavior Analysis (ABA), PECS, sensory integration, Social Stories™️, and comic-based conversation, and established the center in 2003. She also studied special education at Hiroshima University’s Graduate School and earned a master’s degree in 2021. She appears on the radio program “Understanding Developmental Disabilities: Toward an Inclusive World!!” (Broadcasting System of San-in) and is actively engaged in media outreach efforts.

Ikeda Satoshi
Professor at the Graduate School of Humanities and Social Sciences, Hiroshima University. Holds a PhD in Education. Board member and vice representative of the Society for Art Education, as well as chair of its Research Division on Inclusive Art Education. His main research field is the intersection of art and disability. Since 2021, he has been conducting the “Integrated Research and Policy Project on Art and Coexistence” in collaboration with Hiroshima Prefecture, the Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, and the Hiroshima Art Support Center. He has planned and carried out projects such as the production of museum guidance videos featuring people with disabilities, outreach activities to welfare facilities, and online interactive art appreciation programs.

Sakita Sayaka
Since 2012, she has served as a curator in the Learning and Education Section at the Fukuoka Art Museum of Art. She holds a Master’s degree in Museum Studies from the University of Leicester in the United Kingdom. Her areas of expertise are museum studies and art museum education. At the museum, she primarily plans and implements research on artwork captions, collaborations with other institutions and museums of various types, and programs that use easy-to-understand Japanese. She also has extensive experience in educational outreach activities related to museum accessibility and is responsible for producing the museum’s “Social Guide.”
Social Guide
Guide Book in Plain Japanese
Lecturer
Harada Junya
Ikeda Satoshi
Sakita Sayaka
Venue
Hiroshima City Museum of Contemporary Art, mocamoca
Capacity
About 15 people
*No reservation required
Price
Free
Eligibility
Anyone

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