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Exploring Policy Challenges, Solutions, and Resources for Addressing Trauma Among Refugee Youth
Type: Webinar
Explores policy challenges and solutions relevant to working with refugee youth.
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World Refugee Awareness Month
June was first declared as World Refugee Awareness Month in 2001. Since then, June has been a time to acknowledge strength, courage and perseverance of millions of refugees who live around the globe. Refugee children and their families must deal with past traumatic experiences while integrating into a new and unfamiliar society. They must look for safety in an unknown culture, and ask for help in a nonnative language. These children and families have experienced war-related trauma and disruption, as well as resettlement, poverty, unemployment, stigmatization, and bias.
The National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) has compiled a list of helpful resources for parents and caregivers, children, mental health providers, child welfare and juvenile justice professionals, healthcare providers, educators and school staff, and policy makers.
A list of external resources related to World Refugee Awareness Month is available here.
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Understanding Refugee Trauma: For Primary Care Providers
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines different considerations that primary care providers need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families.
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Understanding Refugee Trauma: For Mental Health Professionals
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines different considerations that mental health professionals need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families.
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Understanding Refugee Trauma: For School Personnel
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines different considerations that school personnel need to take into account when working with refugee youth and their families. This fact sheet describes the school, classroom, individual, and family considerations that school staff should understand when working with this population.
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Celebrating World Refugee Day: Understanding Refugee Experiences and Improving Services
Type: Webinar
Offers information about refugee arrivals in the U.S. and refugee mental health needs and best practices.
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Data Collection Offers Opportunities for Unpacking the Refugee Experience
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines with use of data for discovering best practices for reaching and helping traumatized refugee children involves collaborations between mental health providers and communities.
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We Left One War and Came to Another: The Double Edge Sword of Resettlement in Urban Communities...
Type: Webinar
Offers information on refugee youth and their families.
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Refugee Standardized Measures
Type: Fact Sheet
Is a table of standardized measures that are appropriate for refugee children and families.
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Best Practices in Screening and Assessment of Refugee Youth
Type: Webinar
Highlights best practices in screening and assessment for refugee youth.
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For Immigrant Families, Language Opens Door to Healing from Trauma
Type: Fact Sheet
Outlines the use of language as a door to healing from trauma for many immigrant families. This Spotlight on Culture discusses trauma and culture, and the barrier that language may have on access to quality care.
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Survey of National Refugee Working Group Sites 2004: Summary Report
Type: Resource Guide
Summarizes findings from a survey done by the NCTSN Refugee Working Group Sites in 2004.
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Children of War: A Video for Educators
Type: Video
Includes a segment from the play Children of War and a documentary about the scope and impact of refugee trauma and its consequences for youth in schools.