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January 14, 2009
Training Report : November 25-27, 2008: Individual Training
Three days individual training was programmed according to each participant's interests and what they are planning to carry out upon their returning to home countries.
Please refer to the following table to see their training schedule.
< Tokyo Vocational Center for Persons with Disabilities >
Two participants from Sri Lanka and Philippines visited the Tokyo Vocational Center for Persons with Disabilities on November 26, to learn about Japan's measures on employment of persons with disabilities. Mr. Shigeru Okano, director of the center, Ms. Chie Arisawa, vice-director, and Mr. Yuuki Kato, chief counselor attended the participants.
After Mr. Okano's explanation on the overview of the Center, Ms. Arisawa lectured on employment measures and vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities in Japan. Mr. Kato explained the center's programs in more details and then showed them around the center. Two participants also had an opportunity to practice some of vocational evaluation tools. They became so serious in challenging the tools, but Mr. Kato explained that not only the results are evaluated but the understanding of instructions and attitudes towards given tasks are also being observed. After the observation tour, the participants watched a video. The video showed examples of some worksites where persons with disabilities are working and also various supports at worksite including Job Coach arranged for persons with different disabilities to be able to work.
Although one day was a limited time, thanks to the center's kind cooperation, the participants could have its overview of employment measures and vocational rehabilitation of persons with disabilities in Japan.
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Posted by jicafriends at January 14, 2009 11:51 PM