School social work services were now being requested throughout the community
in the United States in response to a changing social and educational climate (Allen-Meares,
1987;Allen-Meares et al., 1996). The social workers would prefer to solve the psychosocial aspects among
high school students to use the internet in Pattani. Currently, social workers
in Thailand have not been considered to help schools deal with high school
students who are facing Psychosocial Aspects and Academic Performance. The
finding of the interviews and focus group discussions for and ongoing study
that the internet is both positive and negative. The community recommends, that
including the students, the school directors, school teachers, the policemen, the
parents, the internet owner cafes, the community were explored. Their responses
in the interviews are discussed against the issues pertaining to social well-being
and the use of internet among the high school students in Pattani. There is a
general consensus among those interviewed and focus group discussion that it is
necessary to have social workers in school in Pattani. School social workers
can play a role in helping high school students use the internet appropriately
and they can be more effective in solving problems that arose from internet use
among high school students.
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