SPECIFIC RISKS OF CHILDREN AND YOUTH WITH BEHAVIOURAL DISORDERS OF THE CITY OF PULA

This research, which is part of a scientific-research project named “Matching interventions with the needs of children at risk – creating a model, by the Department for Behavioural Disorders from the Educational-rehabilitative Faculty of the Zagreb University, tries to determine the specific risks and needs for the city of Pula (N=100) compared to the Republic of Croatia (N=512) with the aim of planning interventions for children and youths with behavioural disorders or at risk for the city of Pula.The results show that there are statistically significant differences in some risks/needs between the sample of examinees from the city of Pula and the Republic of Croatia and give guidelines for action in relation to factors of risks on the level of the local community of the city of Pula, as well as for the development and implementation of different programmes with the possibility of their constant evaluation.