This study aims to clarify the specifi c eff ects of third parties on parents’ access to consultation services at childcare centers and, based thereon, to consider ways in which childcare centers can support parents to improve parental access to consultation services. Parents using licensed nursery schools in A Prefecture were asked to provide free-form descriptive answers regarding the content of their consultations with childcare centers, whether their consultations had been facilitated by a third party, and the specifi c infl uence of the third party in prompting them to seek consultation. The text mining method was used to analyze the content of the free-form descriptive answers, indicating three specifi c ways that parents’ access to consultation services was infl uenced by third parties: creating a sense of security in relation to consultation, creating an awareness for parents of the value of consulting with a childcare center, and creating a sense of expectation that parents would gain a deeper understanding of their children. Informed by these third-party infl uences, as a support measure on the part of childcare centers to improve parents’ access to consultation, and in cases where a third party encounters a parent who is hesitating to consult with the childcare center, information provision support by the childcare center is required so that the third party can appropriately provide the parents with information on the consultation support available at the childcare center. The results also suggest that childcare centers play an important role in providing support for the formation of a positive stance and attitude in third parties involved with parents.

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［Purpose］The purpose of this study was to analyze the effects of continuing employment of care workers by principal’s leadership and the factors of principal’s leadership for care workers, the diff erence between their eff ects or factors in nursing homes for the elderly of conventional type and unit type.［ Method］ This study was conducted with interview survey by 60 care workers of these facilities, analyzed using the text mining.［Results and conclusion］The results of this research revealed different effects and seven factors on these facilities of each type. These factors diff ered depending on these facilities of each type or were common. In the future, it regards that organizational management according to be aware of the eff ects of continuing employment of care workers by principal’s leadership and to monitor of principal’s leadership status of these factors in these facilities of each type are required to prevent turnover of the care workers.

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There is a chief children’s committee member as a human resource to support families raising children in the community. The Chief Children’s Commissioner is a system established in 1994. There are challenges in continuing as chief children’s commissioner for many years. The purpose of this study is to measure the factors for continuing from the background. And, I made it a point of seeing it from the investigator’s narrative. As a result of the examination, five themes were found, 【Thoughts on children and local community】【Clarification of my own role from experience】 【Rewarding and growth from experience】 【Relationship with the surroundings】【Support from the surroundings】. As a continuing factor, it was suggested that the system of the Council of Children’s Commissioners of the Civil Committee should be established so that they could engage with schools, cooperate with them, and engage in the activities of the chief children’s committee members with peace of mind.

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