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Research Based on Various Needs

In order to develop policies for vocational rehabilitation for persons with disabilities and improve employment support techniques at Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities as well as Employment and Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities, hospitals, and special-needs schools, the NIVR conducts the following research based on the current situation surrounding persons with disabilities and trends in the development of disability-related measures.

(1) Pioneering research related to vocational rehabilitation for persons with developmental disabilities, mental disabilities, higher brain dysfunctions, and intractable diseases

Activities include research on issues related to employment support for persons with developmental disabilities and research on factors for making continued employment possible for persons with higher brain dysfunctions.

(2) Research contributing to solving the problems of vocational rehabilitation work carried out at Local Vocational Centers and other employment support agencies

Activities include research related to problems arising in employment support services and research for expanding job categories for persons with disabilities in the agricultural sector.

(3) Research for developing effective support tools and other methods for local employment support agencies

Activities include development of checklists for transition-to-work support and research related to how information support should back up employment support programs provided by relevant local agencies.

(4) Pioneering research related to vocational rehabilitation for persons with developmenta

Activities include research about the effects on corporate management caused by employing persons with disabilities and research related to employment situations of persons with mental disabilities for promoting their employment.

Dissemination and Use of Research Results

Vocational Rehabilitation Research Meetings

Targeting personnel at employment support agencies, institutions in the field of welfare, medical care, and education, and persons in charge of employment management at business offices, the NIVR holds Vocational Rehabilitation Research Meetings every year as a venue for presenting the results of the research and activities conducted by the NIVR and these institutions, as well as for information exchange among them.

Training for Vocational Counselors for Persons with Disabilities

The NIVR offers systematic training according to positions and years of experience for vocational counselors for persons with disabilities and vocational training instructors stationed at Local Vocational Centers and Regional Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities in order to provide these specialists with knowledge and skills to improve the quality of their services.

Training for Vocational Rehabilitation Staff in Welfare and Medical Fields

Targeting personnel responsible for employment support for persons with disabilities at related institutions including Employment and Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities, hospitals, and special-needs schools, the NIVR offers training in basic vocational rehabilitation knowledge and skills required for employment support to improve the quality of their services.

(1) Education and Training of Job Coaches
This is training for the nurturing of job coaches stationed at Local Vocational Centers for Persons with Disabilities, and the 1st and 2nd level job coaches who are provided by welfare institutions or by employers, utilizing the grant for job coaches.
This training aims to promote the acquiring of technical knowledge and support methods required for becoming a job coach by combining the training conducted at NIVR and regional training conducted at Local Vocational Centers.

(2) Support Skills Training for Job Coaches
This is training for 1st and 2nd level job coaches with a certain amount of practical experience and it aims to improve their skills in supporting workers with disabilities and employers in areas such as employment management and task redesign.

(3) Training of Personnel Responsible for Employment Support at Employment and Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities
The objective of this training is to provide the knowledge and support skills necessary in performing the tasks of personnel responsible for employment support at Employment and Life Support Centers for Persons with Disabilities, as well as to improve their support skills.

(4) Seminar on Employment Support for Persons with Developmental Disabilities
This training is aimed at providing knowledge and support skills related to disability traits and vocational issues for personnel responsible for employment at support institutions for persons with developmental disabilities such as Support Centers for Persons with Developmental Disabilities.