The purpose of this study was to clarify the actual situation of acceptance of children with disabilities in school-age childcare facilities and to examine how the environment should be improved. In this study, we investigated the acceptance of children with disabilities and the environment of childcare facilities for children with disabilities. The results indicated that children with disabilities are accepted regardless of their disability type, and that they show behaviors to calm themselves down. On the other hand, children’s preferred space was not necessarily a special room, such as “a space separated by partitions”, or “a fixed space such as on a carpet”. It is necessary to consider the configuration of spaces where children who use after-school care, regardless of whether they have disabilities or not, can spend time together in a safe and comfortable environment.

There is a growing movement to combine the realization of the Kyosei society with lifelong learning. This paper presents the ideal learning environment for the realization of a Kyosei society and the behavior required of learning providers, based on interview surveys with NPOs involved in social education activities. By intentionally setting up inclusive learning places in the community where people with and without disabilities can participate, each of those places will function as realizing the Kyosei society through exercising how to communicate to other. Then it describes how the connected state between such place and place will be reflected the Kyosei society.

In this paper, I consider the issues and prospects related to the independent minded actions of people with disabilities through an action research in Mabi town, Kurashiki city, which was affected by a flood disaster in 2018. In the results, I discovered that there is a particular stigma that arises in disaster stricken communities. However, the independent minded actions of people with disabilities have the potential to dissipate the stigma in the disaster stricken community. In addition, these people are giv en the opportunity to become actors within the community. Furthermore, a safe place is established to allow people with “weak voices” to participate in the community and to listen to each other’s voices

This study focused on children’s facilities in the 23 wards of Tokyo to identify factors leading to the strengthening of institutional disaster preparedness. Based on questionnaires and interviews, analyses were conducted focusing on factors such as location, disaster preparedness, cooperation with the local community and support to the local community. The results showed that approximately 70% of the facilities have a partner for each type of disaster. It was also found that the background behind the disaster preparedness of children’s facilities is daily communication with the surrounding community and public support from the local authorities. However, it was also found that there are some issues with public support from local authorities, such as provisions for different types of facilities and conditions for receiving support.

The purpose of this paper is to elucidate the quantitative transition, the main themes and the process of their transformation in the postwar Japanese Diet, concerning certified social worker, the national qualification for social work profession in Japan. For this purpose, this paper conducted a quantitative textual analysis of the proceedings of the Diet. As a result, the number of discussions on certified social worker has been gradually increasing quantitatively, and there are 10 main themes such as “certified social worker as a professional qualification for welfare, national examinations and qualifications for examinations” etc. It is also clear that the themes have changed over time, with the first period mainly focusing on the qualification “system” and the second period mainly focusing on the content, place, and staffing of “support” for various subjects such as children, elderly people with dementia, and people who have been sentenced to prison.