A lifetime of practice, shaped into knowledge for autonomy.

Publication and Book Endorsements in Taiwan

Takanobu Sugiura’s work has also gained recognition in Taiwan. The Traditional Chinese edition of his book was published in October 2020 by 任性出版 under the title 拒學，不要搶救. According to the Taiwanese publisher, twelve leading figures in education and psychology in Taiwan provided named endorsements of the book. Those listed on the book’s cover include psychiatrist and writer 王浩威, clinical psychologist Wang Yi-Chung (王意中), and Professor Wen-Tao Chao (趙文滔) of National Taipei University of Education, who earned his Ph.D. in marriage and family therapy from The University of Hong Kong. Wang Yi-Chung and Professor Chao also wrote forewords for the book.

The book was also listed as one of five reference books on hikikomori and school refusal in the discussion handbook for “深居繭出,” a March 2022 event of Taiwan’s Youth Good Governance “Let’s Talk” program (青年好政 Let’s Talk). The handbook names the Mental Health Association in Taiwan (中華心理衛生協會) and the 深居繭出 team as organizers, and the Youth Development Administration of Taiwan’s Ministry of Education (教育部青年發展署) as the guiding agency. The listing is not a government endorsement of the book.

Sources: bibliographic details and endorsers (Books.com.tw) · forewords in the table of contents (Kingstone) · Professor Chao’s profile (National Taipei University of Education) · discussion handbook, p. 25 (Internet Archive copy)