Nakano-ku Public support
Education counseling room
Specialized counselors are available to provide ongoing consultations to resolve your child's educational worries and problems, as well as your child's own concerns. Educational phone consultations are available anonymously from children themselves and their parents. If you are unable to visit the office on an ongoing basis, please use the one-off educational phone consultations.
How to consult:Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:Children aged 3 to 18 years old residing in Nakano Ward or enrolled in Nakano Ward schools (kindergartens), and their guardians.
Consultation hours:
(Mon - Sat)【In-person consultation】10:00~18:00【Phone Consultation】10:00~17:00(Excluding holidays and the year-end/New Year period)
Location:
1-41-2 Chuo Mirai Step Nakano 6th floor
contact information:
03-5937-3074(Educational Counseling Office)03-5937-3083(Phone Consultation)
Comprehensive consultation
We accept all kinds of consultations regarding children under the age of 18 and their families. If you are unsure where to turn for advice, please contact us first. We will listen to your story and may refer you to a specialist institution.
How to consult:
Telephone, face-to-face
Main target audience:
Children under the age of 18 who live in the ward and their families
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Friday) 8:30 to 17:00 (excluding holidays)
Location:
Central 1-41-2
contact information:
03-5937-3257 (Children and Youth Counseling Division)
Nakano Ward Child Consultation Center
We support children and families so that all children can grow up healthy both physically and mentally and reach their full potential. We work hand in hand with everyone to support families in creating systems that proactively protect the safety of their children.
How to consult:
Face-to-face, phone
Main target audience:
In principle, those aged 0 to 17 who live within the ward
Consultation hours:
(Mon - Fri)8:30~17:00 However, reports of child abuse are accepted 24 hours a day, year-round.
Location:
Central 1-41-2
contact information:
03-5937-3289 (Child Welfare Division)
Counseling center for children who have difficulty attending school
This is a coordinator-style consultation service that provides support tailored to your child's situation. Depending on the nature of your concerns regarding children who are unable to attend school or find it difficult to do so, our counselors will introduce appropriate support and consultation resources and assist in improving the situation.
How to consult:
Tel
Main target audience:
Students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who live and study in the ward
Consultation hours:
(Monday to Friday) 10:00-16:00 (excluding public holidays and the New Year holidays)
Location:
Central 1-41-2
contact information:
03-5937-3146 (direct line to consultation desk)
Educational Support Room "Free Step Room (FSR)"
This is an alternative to school for students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who have been absent for a long period of time, such as truancy. In addition to the Education Center, we have branch offices in the central and southern parts of the country.
Classification:
Education Support Center
Main target audience:
Students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who live and study in the ward
Opening hours/location:
(Education Center Classroom)
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-16:00 (excluding public holidays and the New Year holidays)
Central 1-41-2
(middle compartment)
(Tue・fri)9:00~16:00(Excluding holidays and the year-end/New Year period)
1-35-3 Nogata
(South room)
(Mon・Thu)9:00~16:00(Excluding holidays and the year-end/New Year period)
5-11-26 Yayoicho
contact information: 03-5937-3044 (Education Support Office)
Virtual Learning Platform
We aim to provide accounts to children attending the Education Center's Educational Support Room (FSR) and to children (who wish to do so) who are unable to attend school or find it difficult to do so, and to create a place where they can feel connected by communicating online.
Classification:
VLPs
Main target audience:
Students from first grade of elementary school to third grade of junior high school who live and study in the ward
Opening hours:
(Monday to Friday) 9:00-17:00 (excluding public holidays and the New Year holidays)
contact information:
03-5937-3044 (Educational Counseling Room)
Nakano Junior High School "Challenge Class" N Group
Class N is located within Nakano Junior High School, and students can attend from other school districts. By providing individual support, such as relearning, we aim to respond to children's desire to study hard at school.
Classification:
challenge class
Main target audience:
Children enrolled in Nakano City schools or who live in Nakano City who do not attend school or who are unable to do so even if they want to.
Opening hours:
(Mon-Fri) 9:30-15:00
Location:
4-12-3 Nakano
contact information:
03-3389-1473(Nakano Junior High School Class N)03-3228-5589(Board of Education Secretariat Guidance Division)
Nakano Ward's Basic Policy for Supporting School Refusal
With the aim of creating an educational environment where all children can live in peace, nurturing rich humanity, and developing the ability to carve out their own future, this law establishes basic guidelines for Nakano Ward, ward schools and kindergartens, families, the local community, and other related organizations to work together and effectively promote comprehensive measures.
Parents' association for children who have difficulty attending school
This is a parent-teacher meeting aimed at parents whose children are currently having difficulty attending school, as well as parents who are able to attend school but are concerned about how their children are doing.
Main target audience:Parents of first grade elementary school students through third grade junior high school students attending municipal schools
contact information:03-5937-3156 (Nakano Ward Education Center 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
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.