July 22 - 23, 2008 : Individual Training Program
Training Report - Vocational Rehabilitation Course 2008
This course is group training but two days individual training is programmed for each participant.
Since the arrival to Japan, the participants were asked by JSRPD staff about what they were interested in to learn more deeply and what they would like to do upon their return to home country to improve employment situation of persons with disabilities. Thus individual program was created suitable for each one of participants.
Through the individual training, the participants could deepen the understanding of their field of interests and of specific topics which were especially related to their Project Plan which is to be submitted at the end of the training in Japan.
The following table shows the training program of each participant.
| Individual Training July 22 (Tue) | ||
|---|---|---|
| Participants | Morning | Afternoon |
| Bangladesh |
10:00-15:00 Visit : Japanese Society for Rehabilitation of Persons with Disabilities - To learn “Daisy” program |
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| China |
9:30-12:00 Visit: Kirigaoka School for the Physically Challenged, University of Tsukuba - Education for children with special needs. - Preparation for employment |
13:30-15:30 Visit: Cabinet Office, Government of Japan - Government Measures for Persons with Disabilities |
|
Fiji Vietnam |
9:30-12:00 Visit: Kirigaoka School for the Physically Challenged, University of Tsukuba - Education for children with special needs. - Preparation for employment |
13:00-17:00 Visit: Tokyo Vocational Ability Development School for Persons with Disabilities - Learn about training curriculum, training method Network and collaboration with Special Schools, private companies, Public Employment Security Offices |
| Laos |
9:30-11:00 Visit: Abilities Care-Net Inc. - To learn about “Life Support Program” - To observe various types of assistive devices |
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| Nepal |
10:00-15:00 Visit: SAORI Tokyo - Experience how to weave SAORI - Lecture on SAORI's history, products and marketing. |
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DAISY stands for Digital Accessible Information System. The participant from Bangladesh is partially involved in the production of recorded books using DAISY, so today she learned about DAISY at the Information Center of JSRPD to deepened her understanding of DAISY in general. She was impressed to know that DAISY books are not only for persons with visual impairment but also useful for other people such as people with intellectual disabilities, elderly people etc. Learn more about DAISY at http://www.daisy.org/
SAORI can be woven by anyone and its weaving machine is easily adapted for any types of
disabilities. In the organization of the participant from Nepal, its members make knitting products
using loops or crochet hooks, but not weaving equipment like the one for SAORI. So after experiencing
how to weave SAORI, she wishes to have something like this in her organization.
Also SAORI seems to have a healing power. When weaving, the Nepali participants concentrated so much
and afterwards she seemed to be uplifted.
Learn more about SAORI at
http://www.saori.co.jp/13english.html.
| Participant | Individual Training July 23 (Wed) |
|---|---|
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Bangladesh China Vietnam |
9:30-16:00 Visit: Tokyo Vocational Center for Persons with Disabilities, Tama branch - Job coach system - On-the-Job Training or Trial Employment - Observation of actual working sites |
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Fiji Laos |
10:00-16:00 Visit: Koyu-kai (Light Friend Association) - To visit Kanagawa Workshop and Life Shonan and observe various work activities for persons with physical and/or intellectual disabilities. - Lecture: Keys to success of “Koyu-kai” and on relationship with the local community |
| Nepal |
10:00-16:00 Visit: Palette - To learn how to bake cookies - To learn key to success |
At Koyukai, the participants from Fiji and Laos experienced playing the Sound Table Tennis (STT) which can be played by people with or without visual impairment. The Fijian participant was excited to know about STT for the first time and he is now planning to introduce it in Fiji enthusiastically. In Laos, STT was already introduced in last January by a volunteer group of Japanese people including Ms. Igarashi, Executive Director of Koyukai and their STT players. The Lao participant wants to teach STT when he goes back to his country. We wish the STT will empower a lot of people with visual impairment in Laos, Fiji and other Asian-Pacific countries.
At Palette, the participant from Nepal learned how to bake cookies for the first time in her life. As one of production activities in her organization, she had a desire to produce something like sweets which is daily consumption but she didn’t know how to. She was so much impressed how tasty and how high quality Palette cookies are. In Nepal, there is something like cookies but not as tasty as the ones she tasted at Palette, the participant commented. Now that the participant learned how to bake cookies, she is planning to introduce production of cookies in her organization.
