Kunitachi-shi Public support
Education counseling room
Counselors who are qualified as clinical psychologists or licensed psychologists will provide advice on issues facing children and their families, such as child development and school refusal.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
In principle, children, elementary, junior high and high school students who live or commute to school in the city, and their guardians
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:30 to 17:00 (excluding holidays)
Location:
3-21-1 Fujimidai
contact information:
042-576-2109 (Educational Counseling Room)
Consultation on children and child-rearing
We accept consultations regarding any worries or anxieties about children up to the age of 18 and their families. We also accept consultations from children.
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 to Saturday) 8:30 to 17:00 (excluding public holidays)
Location:
2-47-1 Fujimidai
contact information:
042-573-0192 (Child and Family Support Center)
Kunitachi Childcare Support Center
This is a general consultation center for children and child-rearing from pregnancy to the age of 18. Public health nurses and midwives are always on hand to provide advice on maternal and child health during pregnancy. Specialized counselors are also available to support concerns about child rearing and child-rearing. Please contact us first if you are a single parent or are worried about your child not attending school.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone, email
Main target audience:
Members of households with children from the pregnancy stage to age 18 who live primarily in the city (regardless of whether they are parents, children, or other relatives)
Consultation hours:
(Mon-Fri) 8:30-17:00
Location:
2-47-1 Fujimidai
contact information:
042-576-2105 (Kunitachi Childcare Support Center)
Educational Support Office
We will assign instructors who can provide guidance and advice to elementary and junior high school students who are unable to attend school for psychological reasons, and provide support to help them return to school and become socially independent.
Classification:
Education Support Center
Main target audience:
Elementary and junior high school students living in the city
Opening hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:30 to 15:00 (excluding holidays)
Location:
3-21-1 Fujimidai
contact information:
042-576-2190 (Education Support Office)
Kunitachi City Virtual Learning "Plat" Form
By selecting an avatar, you can chat with other avatars, study subjects, and conduct research in a 3D space.
Classification:
VLPs
Main target audience:
Children enrolled in public elementary and junior high schools in Kunitachi City
Opening hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:00 to 16:00 (excluding school holidays)
contact information:
Please contact your school or the Education Support Office at the General Education Center at 042-576-2190.
Open School
We provide support to children and parents who are worried or anxious about not attending school, and we hold frank discussions about problems that they don't usually have anyone to talk to or are struggling with on their own, creating connections between parents and listening to their concerns.
Once the event details are finalized, we will notify parents in the city by email (planned to be held three times a year).
Main target audience:Children in grades 1 to 3 of elementary school who live in the city, and their parents
contact information:042-576-2190 (Education Support 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.