Childcare Information Counseling Information
Counseling Information
Online expert counseling service (pregnancy, infertility, delivery, childcare)
Pregnancy, infertility and childcare experts provide counseling service for their respective field.
Online expert counseling procedure
- STEP1Sign-in
- STEP2Move to web board for respective counseling field.
- STEP3Fill out counseling form.
- STEP4Check answers.
Counseling fields and information
Pregnancy
- Obstetrics and gynecology
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- Field
- - Planned pregnancy/ Pregnancy/ Pre and postpartum symptoms/ Female health
- Notice
- - When filling out counseling form, enter detailed information about the current situation, such as gestational age, number of children, obstetrical history (record of premature birth or miscarriage) and breastfeeding status.
- - Answering can be delayed when the number of counseling cases per day is more than five.
- Counselors
- - 14 obstetricians and gynecologists provide counseling service on rotation.
Infertility
- Online Counseling
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- Medical and Psychological Counseling
- 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
- Counseling by Phone
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- Psychological Counseling
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Toll free number from anywhere in the country: 1644 -7382
9:00 - 17:00 from Monday to Friday (Service starts at 1:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays each month.)
- Over-the-phone Counseling or Counseling on Appointment
- Counseling through Visit
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- Psychological Counseling
- 9:00 - 17:00 from Monday to Friday (Service starts at 1:00 p.m. on the first and third Mondays each month.)
- ‘Hope Counseling Center,’ 3rd floor of Korea Population and Health Welfare Association building
- Counseling on Appointment
- Psychological test available
- Nighttime counseling
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- Psychological counseling
- 18:00 – 21:00 on Tuesdays and Fridays (starting in Nov. 2015)
- Over-the-phone counseling (1644-7382)
- Counseling by visit (‘Hope Counseling Center,’ 3rd floor of Korea Population and Health Welfare Association building)
- Over-the-phone counseling or counseling on appointment
- Fertility medicine
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- Field
- - Fertility medicine, female infertility, male infertility
- Notice
- - In the counseling form, you can write questions about yourself only and not about a specific clinic or others.
- - Inquiries to seek for responses equivalent to medical practice by attaching personal information and details of medical treatment will not be answered.
- Counselors
- - Eight obstetricians/ gynecologists and urologists specializing in infertility provide counseling service on rotation.
- Infertility Psychology
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- Field
- Notice
- - In the counseling form, write your marital status, employment status, basic information about the time or receiving
- - infertility psychology counseling service (prior to, during or after fertility clinic procedure) and detailed information of the current problem, which are necessary in counseling service.
- Counselors
- - Three infertility psychology counselors provide counseling service on rotation
Childbirth
- Breastfeeding
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- Field
- - Breastfeeding method/ Problems experienced in breastfeeding
- Notice
- - In the counseling form, write your child’s age in months, sex, weight at birth, current weight and the count of diaper change per day as well as basic information of your child and detailed information about the current problem, which are necessary in counseling service.
- - Answering can be delayed when the number of counseling cases per day is more than five.
- Counselors
- - Two international experts on breastfeeding provide counseling service on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
- Pre-partum/ postpartum depression
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- Field
- - Depression during pregnancy, delivery and childcare
- Notice
- - In the counseling form, write detailed information about the current problem including the gestational age (pregnant women) and child’s age in months, which is necessary in counseling service.
- - Inquiries to seek for responses equivalent to medical practice by attaching personal information and details of medical treatment will not be answered.
- - Answering can be delayed when the number of counseling cases per day is more than five.
- Counselors
- - One mental health specialist provides counseling service every Thursday.
Childcare
- Childcare
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- Field
- - Infant behavioral psychology/ Infant care method
- Notice
- - In the counseling form, write detailed information about the current problem including the child’s age in months or years, which is necessary in counseling service.
- - For childcare counseling, the child’s personality, characteristics and family background must be sufficiently considered. Counseling must be carried out according to each child’s case and situation. Answering can be delayed by 2 – 3 days in case number of counseling cases per day is large.
- Counselors
- - Ten childcare experts provide counseling service on rotation.
- Pediatrics
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- Field
- - Infant growth and development/ infant health issues
- Notice
- - In the counseling form, write detailed information about the current problem including the child’s age in months (years) and weight, which is necessary in counseling service.
- * Upload image files when necessary.
- - Answering can be delayed when the number of counseling cases per day is more than five.
- Counselors
- - Seven pediatricians provide counseling service on rotation.
Expert Counselors
- Childcare Counselors
- - Childcare experts (those who have majored and have master’s degree or higher in early childhood education and child welfare)
- Breastfeeding Counselors
- - Nurses (those with international breastfeeding expert qualification)
- Infertility Psychology Counselors
- - Infertility psychology counselors (clinical psychologist class 1, counseling psychologist class 1, master’s degree of higher in clinical psychology)
- Supervisor
- - Providing advices for counseling service, training counselors
Information on Childcare Counseling Service of Childcare Support Center
Childcare Counseling by Childcare Support Center
- Childcare Support Center provides online and offline counseling service.
Online Counseling
- STEP1Request for Counseling
- Post a request for counseling in counseling web board in the website of your local Childcare Support Center.
- STEP2Counseling
- Childcare Support Center receives your request and provides specializing counseling service.
(Min. 2 days – max. 5 days)
- STEP3Counseling Completion
- Answers are posted in the Childcare Support Center website where counseling was requested.
- Childcare Support Center provides counseling service through a team of online counseling experts (20) for the fields of child development child behavioral problems, caring for children with disabilities, child fosterers and childcare service providers, multicultural childcare and child abuse.
Counseling through Visit
- Contact your local Childcare Support Center for information on counseling service. (Detailed information varies by center. Make sure to contact your local center for accurate information.)
- Overview of Childcare Support Center
MINISTRY OF HEALTH & WELFARE 13, Doum 4-ro, Sejong, (30113) Republic Korea