進入視野：原住民青少年問題初探

Exploring Indigenous Youth’s Problems in Taiwan

肯認（recognize）是專業啟動不可或缺之步驟。唯有肯認，社會工作專業才會開始察覺、討論、及評估服務對象群，並且規劃相關政策與服務。然而，分析青少年與原住民福利領域之發展，卻可發現原住民青少年受到雙重忽略，未獲得到足夠專業肯認與關切。為了開始看見原住民青少年面對之困境，本研究以半結構式訪談為研究方法，並以滾雪球抽樣尋找投入原住民青少年工作，且服務年資至少在一年以上之助人工作者。最後有來自五縣市，十二間社會福利機構之十六位助人工作者接受訪談。結論發現原住民青少年的生活與行為面臨許多衝擊，行為問題與心理議題不容忽略。這些問題與原住民青少年的居住地區無關，是都市或部落的共通議題。受訪者報告了各種可能衝擊原住民青少年成長的環境脈絡，從家庭功能、教育競爭、社區資源、以致於經濟發展。傳統性與現代化的張力更是原住民青少年無法迴避的衝突，貫穿各種生活場域。

Recognition is the primary step of starting professional services. With the recognition, social work profession can begin to perceive, discuss, and assess the issues of potential service users, and then establish policies and programs. From this pointof view, it is found that Taiwanese Indigenous youth is encountering dual neglect in both youth and Indigenous welfare domains. For starting the understanding of Indigenous Youth, semi-structured interview were used to interview youth workers with a minimumof one year's experience, by the way of snowball sampling method. Sixteen helpers, from 12 social welfare institutions in 5 counties, were interviewed in the end. Initial analysis of this study shows the severity of behavioural and psychological problems among Indigenous youths. These problems can be simultaneously observed in cities and in traditional tribes. The intervieweesreported the impacts of environmental barriers, such as family function, educational competition, community resources, and economic development, on the Indigenous youth. The conflict between tradition and modernity is especially the unavoidable challenge for Indigenous youth.