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*SINESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 1905
HE SAID MEASURES SPECIFICALLY RELATED TO TRAINING INCULDED PROVISION OF REGULAR SEMINARS AND WORKSHOPS FOR SERVING HEADS AND TEACHERS JOINTLY ORGANISED WITH OTHER GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS SUCH AS THE POLICE AND THE SOCIAL WELFARE DEPARTMENT, INTRODUCTION OF COUNSELLING AS A UNIT OF STUDY IN THE PRE-SERVICE AND IN-SERVICE TRAINING COURSES FOR TEACHERS IN THE COLLEGES OF EDUCATION, AND ENCOURAGEMENT OF TEACHERS TO ATTEND THE ONE-YEAR EXTRA MURAL COURSE IN SCHOOL COUNSELLING AND GUIDANCE RUN BY THE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG.
OTHER MEASURES, HE SAID, HAD INCLUDED SURVEYS ON UNRULY AND DELINQUENT BEHAVIOUR, PROVISION OF ADDITIONAL TEACHERS FOR SCHOOLS TO PROVIDE REMEDIAL AND GUIDANCE SERVICES, ISSUE OF SCHOOL CIRCULARS TO INFORM TEACHERS ABOUT HOW TO HANDLE SUSPECTED GANG ACTIVITIES, AND ISSUE OF PAMPHLETS TO SCHOOLS AND PARENTS TO INFORM THEM OF THE SERVICES AVAILABLE FOR HELPING CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS.
+ IN ADDITION, THE EDUCATION PSYCHOLOGISTS, EDUCATIONAL COUNSELLORS AND SCHOOL INSPECTORS OF THE SPECIAL EDUCATION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT ALSO PROVIDE BOTH REMEDIAL SERVICES FOR INDIVIDUAL CHILDREN WITH BEHAVIOUR PROBLEMS AS WELL AS ADVISORY SERVICES FOR THE TEACHERS AND PARENTS CONCERNED.
+THERE IS ALSO A PLAN TO SET UP A SCHOOL SUPPORT TEAM TO VISIT SCHOOLS AND TO RENDER ON-SITE ASSISTANCE TO TEACHERS RESPONSIBLE FOR GUIDANCE IN SCHOOLS,+ HE SAID.
MR HENDERSON SAID HE HOPED THAT THE SCHEME WOULD BE LAUNCHED ON A PILOT BASIS IN SEPTEMBER NEXT YEAR.
HE SAID DEL INQUENT BEHAVIOUR SUCH AS ACTS OF PHYSICAL VIOLENCE, GAMBLING, STEALING AND SUSPECTED INVOLVEMENT IN TRIAD ACTIVITIES ACCOUNTED FOR APPROXIMATELY 10 PER CENT OF TOTAL INCIDENTS RECORDED DURING THE PAST THREE YEARS.
HE POINTED OUT THAT THE GREAT MAJORITY OF INSTANCES RELATED TO COMPARATIVELY MINOR BEHAVIOURAL PROBLEMS SUCH AS HABITUAL LATENESS, FAILURE TO HAND IN HOMEWORK AND NOT BRINGING TEXTBOOKS TO SCHOOL.
+ALTHOUGH THERE WAS A SLIGHT INCREASE IN BOTH CATEGORIES BETWEEN 82-83 AND 83-84, THERE ARE INDICATIONS THAT 84-85 WILL SHOW SOME IMPROVEMENT.
+CLEARLY, IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO SPEAK OF A TREND ON THE BASIS OF THE DATA AVAILABLE SO FAR, HE SAID.
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