Children from refugee backgrounds: supporting mental health and wellbeing of newly arrived pupils
Understanding the nature and impact of trauma
Anna Freud: National Centre for Children and Families
Free training – Creating the Environment for Recovery for Displaced Children, Young People and Families, 11th October 2022. Now on demand:
YouTube: Creating the environment for recovery for displaced children, young people and families
This training focused on how to create an environment for recovery for children, young people and families who have experienced trauma because of armed conflict and forced displacement.
David Trickey, Co-Director of the UK Trauma Council, chaired the session with keynote speaker, Rachel Calam, Professor Emerita in Psychology and Mental Health at the University of Manchester. Professor Calam’s current research focuses on parenting in families with significant mental health difficulties, parenting in different cultures and countries, and computer-assisted interviewing as a means of helping to give a voice to children.
Professor Calam has recently led the development and dissemination of resources sharing parenting skills information for families affected by the invasion of Ukraine:
The University of Manchester: Resources
Trauma informed council
‘The UK Trauma Council (UKTC) creates evidence-based resources to improve professionals and carers’ understanding of the nature and impact of trauma. We aim to better equip all those supporting children and young people exposed to trauma.’
How to support refugee and asylum-seeking children and young people who have experienced trauma. Lots of resource links aiming to support children and young people seeking asylum or living as refugees in the UK who have experienced trauma.
This document deals with stress and trauma related behaviours in refugee children. It aims to help teachers understand how stress and trauma can affect refugee children and students, and also to give some tips and advice to teachers on how to successfully include children and students who suffer from stress and trauma in their classrooms: