Research on child and family support services in local communities

Research Project

Project/Area Number	11610309
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Single-year Grants
Section	一般
Research Field	Educaion
Research Institution	Institute for Development Research, Aichi Human Service Center
Principal Investigator	YUKI Junko Institute for Development Research, Aichi Human Service Center, Department of Psychology, Researcher, 能力開発部, 研究員 (20250251)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	WAKAMAKI Tohru Siebold University of Nagasaki, Department of Nursing, Professor, 看護栄養学部, 教授 (70142172)
Project Period (FY)	1999 – 2001
Project Status	Completed (Fiscal Year 2001)
Budget Amount *help	¥3,700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,700,000) Fiscal Year 2001: ¥700,000 (Direct Cost: ¥700,000) Fiscal Year 2000: ¥1,100,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000) Fiscal Year 1999: ¥1,900,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,900,000)
Keywords	child and family suport services / community / Family Support Center / support net work of voluntary caretakers / quality of coordinating staffs / empathetic and trusting attitude / empowerment / reliable relations among the citizens / ノーマライゼイション / 子育て支援 / 地域 / 親支援 / ファミリー・サポート / コミュニティ / 相互支援 / 総合的視点 / 臨床心理学 / 社会の変化 / 家族の変化
Research Abstract	It is important for local communities to provide parents with various services. In order to do that, we must examine how to develop effective support net works of voluntary caretakers and what kind of quality coordinating staffs must develop. Many local communities have started Family Support Center project, which aims to support parents with small children. We visited Family Support Centers in Aichi, and studied their projects. We have found that the styles of running projects vary with staff's way of thinking as well as conditions surrounding the local communities. Our results suggest that empathetic and trusting attitude of the staff which empowers and brings about reliable relations among the citizens is a key to success of their projects.