[AI x Childcare] Shirokane Suri Releases "Kodocera Beta", an AI Support Service for Childcare Support Facilities and Services
Shirokane Suri LLC has launched "Kodocera Beta," an AI system for child development support facilities that automates the creation of individualized support plans using LLMs, offering a 2-week free trial.
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## Overview
Shirokane Suri LLC has released "Kodocera Beta," an AI support system for child development support and after-school day service facilities. A free trial is available for 2 weeks after registration.
Kodocera solves three challenges faced by child development support and after-school day service facilities—man-hours required for plan creation, quality, and transparency of evidence—through a 4-stage pipeline centered on an LLM (Large Language Model). Based on information collected from the parent app "Kodocera for Parents," it automates the entire process from evaluation to plan output by going through the stages of multi-faceted assessment analysis (Stage 1), policy/goal generation (Stage 2), support content/plan generation (Stage 3), and monitoring/re-evaluation (Stage 4). A design feature of this system is its circular architecture, where the monitoring results from Stage 4 are fed back as a re-assessment to Stage 1. Consequently, the plan is not just generated once and done, but continuously updated and improved according to changes in the child's developmental status. Additionally, it adopts a human-in-the-loop design where all generated plans are finalized only after confirmation and editing by staff, ensuring compliance with legal consensus and consent requirements. Below, we explain the processing content of each stage, corresponding childcare approaches, 5-domain mapping, professional collaboration, security/privacy control infrastructure, and R&D infrastructure in order.
## Background & Challenges
### Current State of Child Development Support Facilities
Child development support facilities (designated child development support offices) provide specialized support for children with developmental disabilities or delays. The following obligations are stipulated by the Child Welfare Act and related operational standards:
**Creation of Individualized Support Plans**
It is mandatory for the Child Development Support Management Manager to create an individualized support plan for each child utilizing the service. The creation process requires conducting assessments of the child and parents, explaining the plan contents, obtaining written consent from the parents, and delivering the plan document. Failure to create these plans results in a reduction of remuneration.
**Comprehensive Support Covering 5 Domains (Mandatory from FY2024 Revision)**
Following the FY2024 remuneration revision, it has become a basic requirement to provide support content that clearly links to all five domains: "Health/Daily Life," "Motor/Sensory," "Cognition/Behavior," "Language/Communication," and "Human Relations/Sociality" within the individualized support plan. The guidelines explicitly state that support focused only on specific domains is "not appropriate as comprehensive support" (Children and Families Agency "Child Development Support Guidelines" revised July 2024).
**Creation and Publication of Support Programs (Mandatory from FY2024 Revision)**
Facilities are required to create and publish a "Support Program" showing the overall support content of the facility, clearly linked to the 5 domains. Failure to implement this results in a 15% reduction of the basic remuneration.
**Periodic Monitoring**
It is required to evaluate the implementation status of the support based on the individualized support plan periodically (roughly every 6 months) and revise the plan as necessary.
**Placement of Professionals**
Professionals such as PTs (Physical Therapists), OTs (Occupational Therapists), and STs (Speech Therapists) are not mandatory for all facilities, but if placed, they are eligible for additional remuneration calculation. Specialized support tailored to the child's condition (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, etc.) is expected to be provided intensively, predicated on comprehensive support.
### Challenges Faced by Operators
Operators and staff of child development support facilities face the difficult daily balance of providing high-quality support to children within limited resources while managing an increasing amount of administrative and recording work. Particularly regarding individualized support plans, there are structural difficulties such as the following:
1. **Man-Hours for Plan Creation**: From analyzing assessments to writing the plan document, it often takes about 2 to 3 hours per child, easily squeezing the time available for actual support.
Shirokane Suri LLC has released "Kodocera Beta," an AI support system for child development support and after-school day service facilities. A free trial is available for 2 weeks after registration.
Kodocera solves three challenges faced by child development support and after-school day service facilities—man-hours required for plan creation, quality, and transparency of evidence—through a 4-stage pipeline centered on an LLM (Large Language Model). Based on information collected from the parent app "Kodocera for Parents," it automates the entire process from evaluation to plan output by going through the stages of multi-faceted assessment analysis (Stage 1), policy/goal generation (Stage 2), support content/plan generation (Stage 3), and monitoring/re-evaluation (Stage 4). A design feature of this system is its circular architecture, where the monitoring results from Stage 4 are fed back as a re-assessment to Stage 1. Consequently, the plan is not just generated once and done, but continuously updated and improved according to changes in the child's developmental status. Additionally, it adopts a human-in-the-loop design where all generated plans are finalized only after confirmation and editing by staff, ensuring compliance with legal consensus and consent requirements. Below, we explain the processing content of each stage, corresponding childcare approaches, 5-domain mapping, professional collaboration, security/privacy control infrastructure, and R&D infrastructure in order.
## Background & Challenges
### Current State of Child Development Support Facilities
Child development support facilities (designated child development support offices) provide specialized support for children with developmental disabilities or delays. The following obligations are stipulated by the Child Welfare Act and related operational standards:
**Creation of Individualized Support Plans**
It is mandatory for the Child Development Support Management Manager to create an individualized support plan for each child utilizing the service. The creation process requires conducting assessments of the child and parents, explaining the plan contents, obtaining written consent from the parents, and delivering the plan document. Failure to create these plans results in a reduction of remuneration.
**Comprehensive Support Covering 5 Domains (Mandatory from FY2024 Revision)**
Following the FY2024 remuneration revision, it has become a basic requirement to provide support content that clearly links to all five domains: "Health/Daily Life," "Motor/Sensory," "Cognition/Behavior," "Language/Communication," and "Human Relations/Sociality" within the individualized support plan. The guidelines explicitly state that support focused only on specific domains is "not appropriate as comprehensive support" (Children and Families Agency "Child Development Support Guidelines" revised July 2024).
**Creation and Publication of Support Programs (Mandatory from FY2024 Revision)**
Facilities are required to create and publish a "Support Program" showing the overall support content of the facility, clearly linked to the 5 domains. Failure to implement this results in a 15% reduction of the basic remuneration.
**Periodic Monitoring**
It is required to evaluate the implementation status of the support based on the individualized support plan periodically (roughly every 6 months) and revise the plan as necessary.
**Placement of Professionals**
Professionals such as PTs (Physical Therapists), OTs (Occupational Therapists), and STs (Speech Therapists) are not mandatory for all facilities, but if placed, they are eligible for additional remuneration calculation. Specialized support tailored to the child's condition (physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech therapy, etc.) is expected to be provided intensively, predicated on comprehensive support.
### Challenges Faced by Operators
Operators and staff of child development support facilities face the difficult daily balance of providing high-quality support to children within limited resources while managing an increasing amount of administrative and recording work. Particularly regarding individualized support plans, there are structural difficulties such as the following:
1. **Man-Hours for Plan Creation**: From analyzing assessments to writing the plan document, it often takes about 2 to 3 hours per child, easily squeezing the time available for actual support.