News & Insights
Research, success stories, policy perspectives, and updates from JADA’s work supporting young people and families in Japan.
Supporting a young person after school refusal involves more than identifying what has become difficult. It also means noticing interests and abilities that may offer a way to reconnect with people and learning. Creativity after school refusal is one possible point of…
Read the article : From Drawing to Connection: Creativity, Learning, and Life After School Refusal
When a young person experiencing hikikomori cannot attend a consultation, how can support begin? Outreach support for hikikomori starts by considering a workable point of contact…
Read: Outreach Begins with Trust: Home Visits and the Path Back to Learning
Progress after hikikomori does not always arrive as a university admission or a job offer. It can also be seen in renewed learning, everyday responsibilities, and…
Read: Progress Before Employment: Learning and Social Participation After Hikikomori
The formative experience behind Autonomy Stage OS and 7 Steps to Autonomy. By Takanobu Sugiura, Founder and Representative Director of the Japan Autonomous Development Association (JADA),…
Read: My School Refusal Story: How Takeoka Helped Me Rebuild My Life
Getting hired is an important milestone. Sustained employment after hikikomori raises a further question: what does it mean to keep participating in work, relationships, and daily…
Read: Beyond Getting Hired: Sustained Employment After Hikikomori
A school transfer can open a new educational path. But what happens when attendance remains difficult after the transfer? K.’s case illustrates how parent coaching for…
Read: When Changing Schools Is Not Enough: Parent Coaching and Direct Support in Japan
What can a path from school refusal to employment look like? For K.S., a young person in Japan who experienced bullying in junior high school, the…
Read: From School Refusal to Employment: K.S.’s Three-Year Journey in Japan
Practice from Japan: connecting education, work, and social participation. By Takanobu Sugiura, Founder and Representative Director of the Japan Autonomous Development Association (JADA), and Founder and…
Read: A Classroom by Day, a Workplace by Evening: The Yoronotaki Partnership
School refusal, high school dropout and hikikomori do not have to define a young person’s future. These 22 practice-based case records show concrete changes in daily…
Read: 22 School Refusal & Hikikomori Recovery Stories | JADA
Introducing JADA — Japan Autonomous Development Association For more than 40 years, I have worked with young people and families facing school refusal, high school dropout,…
Read: Beyond School Refusal and Hikikomori: Japan’s 40-Year Journey Toward Social Autonomy
