Staff Profile
Nobue Sugiura
杉浦 暢恵
- JADA Support Staff
- Volunteer
She has at least ten years of experience in elementary education, supporting children’s learning, daily lives and growth. Drawing on her experience in schools and as a mother of two, she works at JADA alongside children, young people and parents, supporting them from improving daily life to taking steps toward social participation.
Experience / Background
Background
- 01
10+ years
Elementary education
- 02
Education & Parenting
The perspectives of both an educator and a parent
- 03
Outreach
Home-visit support
- 04
Social Autonomy
Improving daily life and social participation
Biography
Bringing experience in education and parenting to the front line of support
She has at least ten years of experience in elementary education, supporting not only children’s learning but also their daily lives and growth.
As a mother of two, she has also developed the perspectives of both an educator and a parent supporting their children’s growth.
At the same time, working under Takanobu Sugiura — who has been involved in support for school refusal, high-school dropout and hikikomori for at least 40 years — she has learned from many support cases and accumulated practical knowledge, including how to build trust with young people and how to help them begin engaging with society.
Today at JADA, she is involved in outreach (home-visit support) and other work with children and young people experiencing school refusal or hikikomori.
Support Approach
Being someone they can talk to
What matters most to her in support is first building a relationship of trust with the young person.
Rather than adults deciding the answer and pushing the young person along, she values listening to them and thinking together about what they can do now and what they might be able to do next.
“I’m reassured that my child seems able to tell Ms. Sugiura things they can’t tell us as parents.”
— Words from a parent
Daily Life & Social Autonomy
From establishing daily routines to building connections with society
Support is not aimed only at returning to school.
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Establishing daily routines
During home visits, she sometimes checks together with the young person how to take out the garbage, or thinks with them about recipes they can cook when living alone.
- 02
Building connections with society
She also helps children and young people who aren’t attending school to look for part-time jobs and write their résumés, creating new connections with society.
- 03
Building the ability to act on their own
She aims for young people to get their daily lives in order, think and act for themselves, and gradually build their connections with society.
She values working alongside each person toward Social Autonomy, JADA’s goal.
Support Areas
Main Areas of Support
Consultation and ongoing support for children and parents
Drawing on experience both in schools and in raising children, she stays close to children and parents.
Outreach
She visits families at home and provides support while building trust with the young person.
Improving daily life
Practical support for young people to manage their daily lives themselves.
First steps toward social participation and work
Support for building connections with society, such as looking for part-time jobs and writing résumés.
Profile
Main Experience & Activities
- 01At least ten years in elementary education, supporting children’s learning, daily lives and growth
- 02Experience raising two children as a mother
- 03Studied practical examples and methods of support for school refusal, high-school dropout and hikikomori under Takanobu Sugiura
- 04Involved in outreach (home-visit support) at JADA for children and young people experiencing school refusal or hikikomori
- 05Works alongside each person, providing support from improving daily life to work and social participation
Articles
Articles by Nobue Sugiura
Drawing on her experience in schools, in raising children and on the front line of support, she will write about how to relate to children and young people, and about support for improving daily life and social participation.
Articles will be published over time.