Initiatives with youth-at-risk in Hong Kong / Franicis Wing-lin Lee.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lee, Francis Wing-lin, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Social service.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xx, 158 pages)

Place of Publication:

Hongkong : City University of Hong Kong Press, [2009]

Summary:

Written by a host of scholars, frontline practitioners and supervisors of related expertise, this edited volume in nine chapters is a welcome addition to the study of the problems and practical issues of Youth-at-risk (YAR) in the context of Hong Kong. With an excellent and interesting analysis of a wide range of intervention programmes, this volume will help readers explore different initiatives for working with YAR, both theoretically and practically.

Contents:

Intro

1. District Youth Outreaching Social Work Team

2. Overnight Outreaching Service for Young Night Drifters

3. Community Support Service Scheme

4. Police School Liaison Scheme

5. Hotline Service for Youth-at-risk

6. Counselling Centre for Young Psychotropic Substance Abusers

7. Working with Youth-at-risk through Adventure Counselling 99 Programmes: The Case of Female Substance Abusers

8. Working with Youth in Social Withdrawal

9. Restorative Justice Approach to Youth-at-risk.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

962-937-486-2