Rizici i intervencije za djecu i mladež s poremećajima u ponašanju grada Pule
Risks and Interventions for Children and Young People of the City of Pula with Behavioural Disorders

Summary/Abstract: The processes of planning interventions for children and young people with behavioural disorders, who are at risk, begin with the identification of the risk factors and/or the needs of a certain local community. Therefore the specific aims of this paper are to determine the risks/needs of children and young people with behavioural disorders, or who are at risk in the area of the city of Pula, the level of risks/needs, and the differences in the levels of risks/needs among examinees, depending on the specific areas of risks/needs. The purpose is to plan interventions for the population mentioned. This paper is part of a larger research project entitled "Models of intervention with the purpose of preventing behavioural disorders of children, young people and adults in the Republic of Croatia" realised by the Department for Behavioural Disorders of the Faculty of Special Education and Rehabilitation of the University in Zagreb in the period between 1996-1999. The sample of examinees (N:100) are children, young people and young aduhs treated by the Pula Centre for Social Care between 0 I .0 I . I 998. until 30.06. I 999. The Youth Level of Senice/Case Management Inventory form by Hoge, R.D. and Andrews, D.A. (1994) was used during the research and the information received was processed on the level of relative frequencies. The results for the observed sample of the examinees show that the biggest number of risk factors is found in the area of personality-behaviour and some single variables are found related to the family, free-time activities and relations with peers. Looking at the level of risk, areas of prior and current offences/dispositions status, education-employment and freelime activities (leisure/recreation) stand out as having the highest number of examinees highly at risk, while the most frequently evaluated is of medium risk level. In line with the obtained results this paper proposes levels of professional interventions for the local community of the city of Pula.

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