◆March, 2001 Received BA at Department of Architecture, Tama Art University
◆March, 2004 Received MA at Graduate School of Clinical Psychology, Hyogo University of Teacher Education
◆March, 2008 Received The Joint Graduate School (Ph. D. Program) in Science of School Education Field of School Instruction, School Counseling and Human Developmental Support,Hyogo University of Teacher Education
■Work experience
◆May, 2004 Hyogo Prefectural Kobe School for the Deaf,part-time teacher (up to March, 2005)
◆May, 2004 Hyogo Prefectural Himeji School for the Deaf, School psychologist (up to March, 2007)
◆May,2005～ Hyogo information Center for Deaf,Clinical psychologist
◆June, 2008 Kagoshima University, Faculty of Education, Sepical needs education,Part-time Researcher
(up to March, 2009)
◆June, 2009 Center for Education Research and development,Faculty of Education,Kagoshima University,
Support Researcher(up to March, 2011)
◆April, 2010 Research Institute, National Rehabilitation Center for Persons with Disabilities,
Researcher fellow(up to March, 2011)
◆April, 2011～ Research Center for Ars Vivendi at Ritsumeikan University, post-doctoral fellow
■Book
1.Sarasa Kai, Takashi Torigoe "Deaf identiy development and Language" Yoshiko Kawazaki,Kayoko Murase(eds.) Clinical Psychology for Hearing Impaired Persons, pp. 97-120 (Japanese) 2008-03-31
■Papers
◆Refereed papers:
1.Sarasa Kai, Takashi Torigoe "Deaf Identity: High-School-Level Students at a School for the Deaf
" Japanese Journal of Special Education 44(4) 209-217 2006-11-30
2.Sarasa Kai, Takashi Torigoe " The program of Deaf identity development for High-School-Level Students at a School for the Deaf" Japanese Journal of Special Education 45 (3) 161-173 2007-09-30
◆Not refereed papers:
1.Sarasa Kai, Naoko Kawaguchi, Takashi Torigoe " Communication support to a deaf child with autistic disorder"
The journal of human development and clinical psychology 11 105-115 2005-03-31
2.Sarasa Kai " An attempt of implementation of deaf identity development support program and its evaluation in the high school program of the schools for the deaf" the Japanese journal of research of the deaf 51(1) pp.1-22 2009-04-30
3.Sarasa Kai, Mika Kataoka, Miyoshi Kumoi, Yoshio Uchida "Effective use of students volunteers activities: results from the survey in A city" Bulletin of the educational research and practice, Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University 19, 255-261, 2009-12-07
4.Sarasa Kai, Mika Kataoka, Miyoshi Kumoi, Yoshio Uchida " An attempt of special needs education teacher training to improve the quality of the students: Results the use of the Online Portfolio System" Bulletin of the educational research and practice, Faculty of Education, Kagoshima University 20, 279-286, 2010-12-21
◆Reports( International conference etc)
1. "Deaf Identity development supporting program for high-school students of deaf schools in Japan" 7th European Congress on Mental Health and Deafness(The Netherlands), 2007-09-11-14
2. "Identity development supporting program for high-school level students of deaf schools in Japan：Through the analysis of episodes" 4th World Congress on Mental Health and Deafness(Australia), 2009-10-29-30
3. "The compare to change process of mothers who is children of Cochlear Implants and not Cochlear Implants in Japan: Through an attempt to group therapy" 21st International congress on the education of the Deaf (Canada), 2010-07-18-20