Akiruno-shi Public support
Educational Counseling Center
At the Educational Counseling Center, dedicated counselors and psychological counselors are available to answer any concerns or worries that children and parents may have about education at home or at school, and provide advice and necessary information.In addition, upon request, we also observe children at nursery or school, exchange information with their homeroom teacher, and conduct developmental tests.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
Children under high school age who live in the city, and their guardians
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 (excluding public holidays)
Location/Contact:
(Akigawa Educational Counseling Center)
Ninomiya 350 (2nd floor of City Hall Annex)
042-558-6444
(Itsukaichi Educational Counseling Center)
Itsukaichi 411 (2nd floor of Itsukaichi Branch Office)
042-596-6460
Child and Family Center
We accept all kinds of consultations regarding children under the age of 18, including child-rearing, family matters, and friendships.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone, email, etc. Visit
Main target audience:
Children under the age of 18, parents raising children, and people involved with children
Consultation hours:
Monday to Saturday (excluding the second Wednesday and public holidays) [Counter reception hours] 10:00-18:30 [Phone reception hours] 8:30-18:30
Location:
Akigawa 1-8
contact information:
042-550-3313 (Child and Family Affairs Department, Child and Family Center Counseling Section)
Educational Support Room (Seseragi Classroom)
Seseragi Classroom provides support to children who are unable to attend school due to anxiety about school life for various reasons, with the aim of helping them become socially independent. We also provide academic guidance and educational counseling in cooperation with the child's school, educational counseling center, and school social worker.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
Elementary school students, junior high school students, and their parents who live in the city
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 (excluding public holidays)
Location:
Ninomiya 350 (2nd floor of City Hall Annex)
contact information:
042-550-6527 (Seragi Classroom)
School Social Worker
School social workers work to address the environments of children who have life guidance challenges or who require special support. They also build networks with related organizations to support children, and cooperate and coordinate with them, as well as build and support teams within the school.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
Children under high school age who live in the city, and their guardians
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 (excluding public holidays)
Location:
Ninomiya 350 (2nd floor of City Hall)
contact information:
042-558-8859 (Education Department Guidance Office)
Educational Support Room (Seseragi Classroom)
Seseragi Classroom provides support to children who are unable to attend school due to anxiety about school life for various reasons, with the aim of helping them become socially independent. We also provide academic guidance and educational counseling in cooperation with the child's school, educational counseling center, and school social worker.
Classification:
Education Support Center
Main target audience:
Elementary school students, junior high school students, and their parents who live in the city
Opening hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-12:00, 13:00-17:00 (excluding public holidays)
Location:
Ninomiya 350 (2nd floor of City Hall Annex)
contact information:
042-550-6527 (Seragi Classroom)
Colorful Room
The Colorful Room is a place where children who are currently not attending school or who are on the verge of not attending school can spend time with counseling, studying, playing card games, etc. Staffed by a former principal and instructors with teaching licenses, the room also responds to parents' concerns and career advice regarding their children.
Classification:
Education Support Center
Main target audience:
Elementary and junior high school students and their guardians who live in the city. *Guardians only can use the facility.
Location/Opening hours:
(Akiruno City Hall Annex)
(Monday to Friday (excluding public holidays)) 10:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Ninomiya 350 (Study Room 1, 4st floor, City Hall Annex)
(Itsukaichi Branch Office)
(Wednesday to Friday (excluding public holidays)) 10:00-12:00, 13:00-15:00
Itsukaichi 411 (Itsukaichi Branch Office, 2nd floor, Educational Counseling Center)
contact information:
042-558-8859 (Education Department Guidance Office)
Challenge Class (school branch classroom for those not attending school)
This class is for students who are absent for more than 30 days a year and who are unable to attend school due to psychological, emotional, physical or social factors or circumstances, or who are intermittently absent from school or show signs of being absent from school.
Classification:
challenge class
Main target audience:
Junior high school students living in the city
Opening hours:
(Mon-Fri) 9:50-14:25
Location:
Ninomiya 334
contact information:
042-558-8859 (Education Department Guidance Office)
VLP (Virtual Learning Platform)
The city's Board of Education is offering a new place to stay and learn for children who are not attending school, using an online virtual space. The space is designed with children who are not comfortable at school in mind, allowing them to study at their own pace.
Classification:
VLPs
Main target audience:
Elementary and junior high school students living in the city
Opening hours:
(Monday to Friday) 8:00 to 18:00 (excluding holidays)
contact information:
042-558-8859 (Education Department Guidance Office)
Tokyo Consultation and support
Tokyo Metropolitan Educational Counseling Center
We accept a variety of consultations, including advice on friendships and bullying, child-rearing, school life, and issues related to young carers, as well as advice on going on to, transferring to, or enrolling in a metropolitan high school, and what to do after dropping out of high school.
Main target audience:People from preschool to high school age who live or attend school in Tokyo, and their guardians and relatives
How to consult / Consultation hours:
- Telephone consultation:Available 24 hours a day
- In-person consultation:(Weekdays) 9:00 - 18:00, (Saturdays) 9:00 - 17:00 (Third Saturday of the month ※Fourth Saturday in August) (Excluding closed days and year-end/New Year holidays)
- Email consultation:24 hours available
- Telephone consultation:(Weekdays) 9:00 - 21:00, (Saturdays, Sundays, and Holidays) 9:00 - 17:00 (excluding closed days and the year-end/New Year holidays)
- In-person consultation:(Weekdays) 9:00 - 17:00, (Saturdays) 9:00 - 17:00 (20 times per year) (Excluding closed days and year-end/New Year holidays)
- Email consultation:24 hours available
Location:Tokyo Metropolitan Child and Family Center, 4th floor, 6-1-4 Kitashinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
contact information:
[General Educational Consultation/Bullying Consultation Hotline]:
0120-53-8288
[High school advancement, career path, and admissions consultation]:
03-3360-4175
Tachikawa Child Consultation Center
Child consultation centers are administrative institutions established under the Child Welfare Act. In principle, they accept consultations and reports regarding children under the age of 18 from anyone. Child consultation centers are specialized consultation institutions that provide assistance to families and other parties involved and resolve problems so that all children can grow up healthy and reach their full potential.
Main target audience:Children under 18
How to consult:Meeting
Consultation hours:Monday through Friday, 9:00 - 17:00
Location:2-21-19 Shibasakicho, Tachikawa City (Tachikawa Welfare and Health Office Building, 3rd floor)
contact information:042-523-1321
Consultation Hotline @ Tokyo "Let's Talk, Children Only"
You can use the web chat to discuss any concerns you have, such as friends, relationships, bullying, family, young carers, and career paths. You don't have to give your real name; you can use a nickname or alias.
Main target audience:Children of elementary, junior high, and high school age who live and attend school in Tokyo
How to consult:Online
Consultation hours:(Year-round) 15:00 - 23:00 (Last admission at 22:30)
Support program for users of free schools, etc.
This program provides subsidies of up to 2 yen per month to parents of elementary and junior high school students who live in Tokyo and are not attending school but are attending free schools, etc. To receive the subsidy, you must apply and have your application documents reviewed.
Main target audience:Parents of elementary and junior high school students who live in Tokyo and are not attending school but are attending free schools, etc. *Others who meet the requirements set by the Tokyo Metropolitan Government
A forum for parents who support children who are not attending school
This event is aimed at parents of elementary and junior high school students living in Tokyo who are worried or troubled by their children's school refusal. There are four programs available, including seminars by experts and talk events by people who have experienced school refusal, and some programs can be participated in online.
Main target audience:Parents of elementary and junior high school students who are not attending school and live in Tokyo
Adolescent Support Place
We provide parents with a forum to discuss with psychological, medical, and welfare experts about their children who are refusing to go to school or who are withdrawn from society, and support their future social independence. We hold lectures three times a year and group meetings to consider how to help children return to school and participate in society.
Main target audience:Those who live, work, or attend school in Tokyo
Youth Restart Place
We support those who dropped out of high school, those who have no experience of attending high school, those who are refusing to attend elementary or junior high school, and those who are reluctant to attend school, as well as their parents.We hold school information sessions where you can hear directly from various types of metropolitan high schools, and provide support for those looking to attend a metropolitan high school.
Main target audience:Those who dropped out of high school or have no experience of attending high school, those who are reluctant to attend elementary or junior high school, or those who are refusing to attend school, and their parents
Loan Program to Support Exam Takers
By providing loans to low-income households that have difficulty paying tuition fees for cram schools and high school entrance exams, we support children who are eager to work towards becoming independent in the future and take the entrance exams to high school or university.
Main target audience:Third-year junior high school or high school students or equivalent
Booklet for teachers, staff and parents: "Towards the independence of irreplaceable children who will create the future: Key points for supporting children who are not attending school"
Children who refuse to go to school need to have their schools, families, and adults in the community work together to provide appropriate support tailored to each individual. This document was created to help teachers, parents, and others involved with children who refuse to go to school deepen their understanding of how to provide support and to enable them to work together.
Digital leaflet for children: "What is the Act on Ensuring Educational Opportunities?"
Based on the spirit of the "Act on Securing Opportunities for Education Equivalent to Ordinary Education at the Compulsory Education Level," we have created this digital leaflet for children with the aim of helping children understand what school refusal is, who they should talk to about their concerns, and so on.