Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children

Made for people working with refugee children and interested in their mental health needs, this series of podcasts outlines a number of topics: approaches to psychological assessments for refugee children, PTSD, Narrative Exposure Therapy, Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and how a child's family, home, community and school environments can impact their mental health once settled in a new country.

  • 9 minutes 37 seconds
    School Based Approaches for Mental Health Interventions
    Outlining the opportunities schools have to work on their own school culture to best support refugee children with mental health problems, and unaccompanied refugee children in schools.
    5 February 2019, 12:26 pm
  • 13 minutes 52 seconds
    Family, Home and Community Interventions for Refugee Children
    How the family, home and community impact refugee children’s mental health and what can be done to support them. Links between parental and children’s mental health, and recognising young people’s agency.
    5 February 2019, 12:25 pm
  • 9 minutes 44 seconds
    Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
    What is TF-CBT, how is it used with young people post trauma, and how young people can be assisted to continue with therapy.
    5 February 2019, 12:21 pm
  • 13 minutes 17 seconds
    Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
    What is NET, how it is used, who can be trained to do NET, and outlining the sessions.
    5 February 2019, 12:21 pm
  • 17 minutes 39 seconds
    Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Children
    What traumatic events can increase the risk of having PTSD, how children with PTSD present, what happens in the brain, and grounding techniques.
    5 February 2019, 12:17 pm
  • 15 minutes 10 seconds
    Psychological Assessment Approaches for Refugee Children
    Barriers, diagnostic difficulties, and cultural and language considerations for doing a thorough psychological assessment.
    5 February 2019, 12:16 pm
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