Tools and Documents to Support Immigrant and Refugee Children

Webinar presentations

Luis Zayas. Understanding the rise in suicide attempts in Latina teens. Presentation. May 2009.    

Audio recording of Understanding the rise in suicide attempts in Latina teens.

Yeshashwork Kibour. Language issues when working with refugees and immigrants in the health/mental health field. Presentation. March 2009.

Audio recording of Language issues when working with refugees and immigrants in the health/mental health field. 

Eileen Kugler. Helping immigrant and refugee students achieve success: Partnering with families to support student mental health needs. Presentation. February 2009.

Audio recording of Helping immigrant and refugee students achieve success: Partnering with families to support student mental health needs.

Mental health interpretation

Margaret Whitsett. Mental Health Interpretation: Recommended Standards and Best Practices. Fall 2007.

Margaret Whitsett. Mental Health Interpreter Table: Where to find training? What type? What's the cost? January 2008.

Screening and assessment

Dina Birman and Wing Yi Chan. Issue Brief #1: Screening and Assessing Immigrant and Refugee Youth in School-Based Mental Health Programs. Spring 2008.

Building the capacity of school communities to help immigrant and refugee children and their families

Eileen Kugler. Issue Brief #2: Partnering with Parents and Families to Support Immigrant and Refugee Children at School. June 2009.

New York University Child Study Center: Curriculum for teacher training and consultation.

New York University Child Study Center: Manual to assist parents in learning how to teach children about culture in a way that will help them understand who they are, feel proud of who they are and help them do well in school. An ethnic socialization process.

Prevention and mental health services for immigrants and refugees

UNC School of Social Work: A mental health group intervention for adolescents responding to chronic stress.

World Relief – Chicago: Hibbard consultation model: An approach to working with refugee children in an elementary school.

World Relief – Chicago.  Mental health screening and assessment tools available for work with immigrant and refugee children and their families.