שתיל - שירותי תמיכה וייעוץ לקידום שינוי חברתי

Lahav C.Youth Advancement Dept.,
Youth and Society Section
Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (1995)THE PREVENTION OF CRIME AND THE TREATMENT OF OFFENDERS IN ISRAEL: 1995 REPORT
SOCIALIZATION OF YOUTH AT-RISK

The care of alienated youth who have dropped out of the formal education system has been a central priority and goal of the Youth and Society Section of the Ministry of Education, Culture and Sport (MoECS) for ten years now. The two basic premises for the precedence attached to this sphere of action are that (a) the link between these youths and the staff of the Youth Advancement local units is perhaps the last via which the educational establishment can impart to them the values and principles of the wider society, and (b) that these youths have potential that can bear fruit, but have been deprived of the opportunity to realize that potential to any significant degree.

This article describes the educational system's policy at the macro level. Central to this policy is the reintegration of alienated youth into the normal, socio-educational activity of their peers. All the social, educational and community services developed by the Youth Advancement Dept. are available to them and to the professionals who work with them for this purpose.