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Japan is seeing a consistent rise in child abuse, crime and violence at the puberty stage. These problems clearly reflect the social structure surrounding children and the family. The future of Japan hangs in the balance as we face these pressing, urgent problems and seek to deal with them.
The Childrens Rainbow Center was established to deal with these issues by: Calling on first-line professionals in the field to assist, gathering high-level information of technical support, and expression of opinions.
Along with its training function, the Center shall have an information function, a professional counseling function, and a research function so as to meet the demands inherent in the current situation in which children and families find themselves, seeking to provide them with better assistance.
The Center seeks to fulfill its responsibilities in close cooperation with the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare, government agencies, private support organizations, professional groups and nationwide research institutes, etc., in addressing these issues in many sectors (e.g., welfare, health, medicine).
In the name of the children whose hands hold the future, the Center earnestly requests your cooperation for the realization of a society in which they may live in peace, thanks to the earnest assistance that will make the 21st century the " Century of Children " for them and their families.
The work of the Center and its projects will develop with the following functions as a basis.
1.Professional training
- This calls for effective counseling support professionals with field-proven skills working in the community.
- Group-centered participant training will be conducted to provide them with efficacious, new working knowledge in the field along with support techniques.
- A nationwide network of specialists will be formed to effectively tap the latest knowledge
2.Professional counseling
- Counseling and consultation will be provided at child guidance centers, child welfare facilities and organizations providing support in abuse cases. (Both by phone and in person)
- Professional counselors in the areas of welfare, psychology, medicine and law will be in charge.
3.Providing professional expert information
- In addition to gathering and supplying professional expert information on child abuse, crime, violence and other adolescent problems, extensive use will be made of information from the Internet.
4.Research Activities
- he aim will be to develop efficacious support techniques and to develop clinical theory in connection with childcare facilities, all in close cooperation with researchers in and outside the organization.
- A bulletin(in Japanese) will be published regarding such research.
