Abstract
Background: While Macau is among the richest regions in the world, its young people who do not have sufficient social resources usually lack visions in their career choices because the economy of the city relies heavily on gaming and tourism. This paper presents a case to show how a social work intervention group has developed the self-esteem of a group of underperforming secondary school students in Macau, which has in turn affected some of the students' career achievements a decade later. Methodology: A drama show is used as the means of this social work intervention and the generalist model of social work practice is used to guide the process. The input of the social worker and the reaction of the students during various phases of the project are presented. Results: The changes in self-esteem of the students in the short term and career achievements in the long term have been observed, and positive effects are detected. Reflections: To benefit the development of a youth group, it is important to understand what the target group needs. Drama show is a useful tool to meet their need in life development and a way to enhance their social functioning. The social worker's professionalism fails if the group members made a good show but demonstrated no improvement in life development.
Highlights
The Trigger of This PaperThe rapid development in the internet has made it much easier to connect people, no matter how long they have lost contact
Macau is among the richest regions and its GNP per capita in 2016 was the highest in the world, according to the World Bank
As most studies on this topic report similar subjective well-being between Macau and Hong Kong, the other special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong is around the middle (72 among 156 regions) on World Happiness index (Helliwell, Layard, & Sachs, 2017)
Summary
The rapid development in the internet has made it much easier to connect people, no matter how long they have lost contact. As most studies on this topic report similar subjective well-being between Macau and Hong Kong, the other special administrative region of the People's Republic of China, and Hong Kong is around the middle (72 among 156 regions) on World Happiness index (Helliwell, Layard, & Sachs, 2017). In the basic analysis of the theory, I thought that the details mentioned in esteem need could describe what the students needed, that is, they needed some experience to prove their value. In this situation, they could not fulfill their needs, both from the school and themselves
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