ABOUT

社会人経験を経た後、大学院に進み、修士修了後、臨床心理士の資格を取得。これまで乳児院や民間の療育機関、現在は保育園の巡回相談の業務に従事しながら、月1回当団体にて発達障害の小学生対象にグループSSTの講師を務めています。今年からオンラインカウンセリングも始めました。

Shima Fumimoto is a member and a clinical psychologist of I am OK No Kai, a community-based nonprofit organization in Tokyo that provides services and training with children with developmental challenges. She teaches social skill training classes once a month for elementary and middle school students as a volunteer. She is now a full-time teacher at OK Planet, a preschool program operated by I am OK No Kai for children with special needs. In order to facilitate more collaborations in the field, Shima is planning to establish a network of nonprofits, schools, administrative agencies as well as service provider professionals. After visiting nonprofit organizations during JWLI, Shima learned how creatively nonprofit organizations in Boston were collaborating their fundraising efforts to accomplish their common goals. She has been applying her learning to her practice in Japan.