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Certified Addiction Counsellor Training and Clinical Supervision

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at enhancing anti-drug professionals’ competency in delivery of addiction prevention, assessment and intervention through professional training and supervision. Project elements include a certified training course and clinical group supervision sessions for those who have successfully completed the certified training course.

Equipping Families to Fight Drugs

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at strengthening support and providing training to family members of drug abusers/rehabilitees. Project elements include anti-drug and communication skills seminars and family support group sessions for family members of drug abusers/rehabilitees, as well as recruitment of reformed drug abusers as rehabilitation officers to share their life experience and provide motivational support to the participants.

Being A Mother: A Holistic Support Program for Drug-Abusing Parents and Caregiver

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at serving drug-abusing parents and parents-to-be in Tai Po and North Districts in collaboration with medical professionals of Comprehensive Child Development Service (CCDS) of New Territories East, social workers of Counselling Centre for Psychotropic Substance Abusers (CCPSAs), post-natal care worker and volunteers of the community. Project elements include individual counselling and treatment services, treatment and support groups, one-stop medical support (community CCDS station), early education and trainings and community support groups organised for drug abusing parents or parents-to-be as well as their family members. Case conference will also be arranged for frontline workers and other health care professionals.

Professional Exchange and Capacity Building in Drug Treatment Service

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at creating a platform to exchange professional experience in enriching professional knowledge and facilitating service collaboration and referral among frontline workers in the anti-drug sector. Project elements include a symposium on drug prevention and treatment and a workshop with overseas experts and clinical practitioners be invited to be the speakers.

Light Up Family – Moving Hidden Substance Abusers from Social Withdrawal towards Recovery

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at enhancing family functioning of hidden drug abusers and their family members, and improving their mental health in anxiety, depression and stress level through home-based psychosocial and medical intervention. Project elements include (a) home-based psychosocial and mental health assessment to drug abusers and their family members; (b) home-based online mental health consultation, occupational therapy consultation, mental health supportive treatment, home-based life skills training and community volunteer service to hidden drug abusers; (c) individual interview and emotional treatment group to family members of hidden drug abusers; (d) family counselling with family therapy and multiple family therapeutic group to hidden drug abusers and their family members; (e) expressive art work exercise and art exhibition for hidden drug abusers; (f) training courses for frontline professionals working with hidden drug abusers; and (g) publication and distribution of a tool book on professional intervention for professionals in the anti-drug field.

Project Embrace – Mindfulness-based Intervention for Drug Abusers with Alcohol Problem

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at providing assessment and addiction treatment programme to drug abusers with alcohol problem through Mindfulness-based Interventions (MBIs) approach. Project elements include individual counselling, MBIs and activities, brief intervention to drug abusers and their families and sharing workshops for social workers or healthcare professionals from drug or alcohol abuse treatment programmes.

Change Lens ‧ Change Life (Chinese Medication Support Programme)

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at supporting drug abusers and their family members by providing free medical treatments as well as counselling services through Medical and Social Comprehensive Treatment Model. Through engaging the family members of drug abusers, it aims at enhancing drug abusers’ motivation to quit drugs. Project elements include (a) family support group services for family members of drug abusers; (b) vocational training or interest classes, free medical support service for drug users and their family members; (c) review camp or day camp for hidden drug abusers and (e) regular telephone contacts, mails, visits and aftercare follow-ups arranged for drug abusers and their family members by social workers or peer counsellors.

Rainbow after the Rain

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at providing outreaching and rehabilitation service for South Asian ethnic minority drug abusers. Project elements include outreaching service, pre-employment workshop, jobs skills and vocational training courses, outward bound training, individual and group counselling sessions and aftercare service organised for drug abusers. Relationship rebuilding and counselling support for family members of ethnic minority drug abusers and training and psychological support for ethnic minority peer counsellors will also be arranged.

Enlightening Wonderful Life

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at providing T&R programmes and counselling to female rehabilitated drug abusers, their family members and graduates from sister hostels. Project elements include hobby and leisure classes, vocational training course, individual counselling and life education workshops, aftercare services, adventure training and parental support work.

Development of Objective Measure of Psychotropic Substances Abuse using Automatic Retinal Image Analysis (ARIA)

Project Approved in 2018

This project aims at studying the drug effects on the human brains and its medical consequences. It plans to develop a method for detecting psychotropic substances abuse using the ARIA technology, a well-established non-invasive screening approach for analysing retinal vascular architecture.