Description
Book SynopsisWith the growing adolescent developmental problems such as substance abuse, mental health problems and school violence, many primary prevention programs targeting specific adolescent developmental problems and positive youth development programs have been designed in the West. In contrast, there are very few systematic and multi-year positive youth development programs in Hong Kong. To promote holistic development among adolescents the Hong Kong Jockey Club Charities Trust approved a grant to launch a project entitled "P.A.T.H.S. to Adulthood: A Jockey Club Youth Enhancement Scheme" and invited academics of five universities to form a Research Team with the Chinese University of Hong Kong as the lead institution to develop a multi-year universal positive youth development program to promote holistic adolescent development in Hong Kong. Besides from developing the program, the Research Team also provides training for teachers and social workers who implement the program and carry out longitudinal evaluation of the project. This book highlights some of the latest research in the area of positive youth development.
Table of ContentsForeword; Promoting positive development in Chinese adolescents; First year evaluation findings; Qualitative evaluation based on the perceptions of the program implementers; Evaluation using student weekly diaries; Interim evaluation of the secondary 2 program: Insights based on the full implementation phase; Interim evaluation of the secondary 3 program: Insights based on the experimental implementation phase ; Process evaluation of the secondary 2 curriculum with findings based on the full implementation phase ; Process evaluation of the implementation of the secondary 3 program in the experimental implementation phase; Process evaluation of program implementation based on the co-walker scheme; Evaluation of positive youth development programs for students with greater psychosocial needs; Positive youth development and prevention programs in adolescence in the Chinese culture: Where should we go?; Observation, response and suggestion; Professional and comprehensive training for the positive youth development program implementers; Response from a youth worker; Adolescent medicine point of view; Response from educational psychology; Response of a family counseling educator; A reflection on teaching the P.A.T.H.S. curriculum: A humanistic approach; Confu, Chinese belief and positive development; Positive development in the context of Confu, Tao and nursing; Adolescence from a development perspective; Human ecology aspects; Key stakeholders of their own development; New morbidities in adolescence; Index.
