Koganei-shi Public support
Educational Counseling Center
We provide support through consultations for children and their parents regarding their worries and anxieties about education. Clinical psychologists act as counselors and provide educational consultations. Depending on the content of the consultation, clinical psychologists may also conduct intelligence tests or play therapy.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
From toddlers to high school students living in the city
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Saturday) 9:00 to 16:30 (excluding public holidays)
Location:
6-5-3 Honmachi Chateau Koganei Annex 3rd floor
contact information:
042-384-2097・2508 (Koganei City Educational Counseling Center, phone lines 1 and 2)
Child and Family Center, Child and Family Counseling Section
We accept all kinds of consultations regarding pregnant women, children aged 0 to 18, and their families. We also accept consultations from children themselves.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone, email
Main target audience:
Children up to 18 years old who live in the city
Consultation hours:
( Monday-Friday ) 8:30-17:00, ( Saturday ) 9:00-17:00
Location:
5-18-18 Nukui Kitamachi
contact information:
042-321-3146 (Child and Family Center, Child and Family Counseling Section)
Local child-rearing consultation center (inside the Yurikago Parent and Child Play Area)
We will cooperate with the Child and Family Center as needed to provide all kinds of consultations regarding pregnant women, children aged 0 to 18, and their families. We also accept consultations from children themselves.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
Children up to 18 years old who live in the city
Consultation hours:
(Tuesday to Saturday) 10:00-16:00
Location:
5-18-18 Nukui Kitamachi
contact information:
042-321-3141 (Parent and Child Play Area Yurikago)
Mokusei Classroom
This is a classroom set up by Koganei City as a place outside of school. It is a place where specialized instructors provide support to children as a place to spend the day and for various experiential activities, to listen to any anxieties or worries they may have and to help each child develop to their full potential.
Classification:
Education Support Center
Main target audience:
Children enrolled in municipal schools between the first grade of elementary school and the third grade of junior high school
Opening hours:
(Mon・Tue・Thu)9:00~15:00、(Wed)9:00~13:00、(Fri)9:00~14:00
Location:
4-1-1 Nukui Kitamachi
contact information:
042-387-9877(Education Committee School )
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
Kodaira 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:1-31-24 Hanakoganei, Kodaira City (Tama Kodaira Public Health Center Building, 3rd floor)
contact information:042-467-3711
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.