| Abstract | The article examines the support services to Hong Kong secondary schools in the light of two service delivery models. The first model is the traditional model which focuses on direct, remedial, and individual-oriented services. The second model is the alternative model which accommodates indirect, preventive, and system-oriented services. The study consisted of two phases. The first phase employed qualitative method and information was collected from 5 focus groups of teachers, social workers and educational psychologists. The data collected in the focus groups paved the way for the quantitative research in the second phase of the study. The surveys examined the utilization of support services among the teachers, the difficulties encountered by the teachers, the perspectives of the school social workers and educational psychologists on the scope, availability and difficulties of their services. |
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