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- Working with Refugee Families
- Working with Refugee Families
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Refugee Family Relationships
- Part II Trauma Care for Refugee Families
- Part III Intersectoral Psychosocial Interventions in Working with Refugee Families
- Chapter 16 Re-building Trust and Connectedness in Exile
- Chapter 17 Family-School Relationships in Supporting Refugee Children’s School Trajectories
- Chapter 18 Collaborative Mental Health Care for Refugee Families in a School Context
- Chapter 19 Interrogating Legality and Legitimacy in the Post-migratory Context
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Chapter 18 - Collaborative Mental Health Care for Refugee Families in a School Context
from Part III - Intersectoral Psychosocial Interventions in Working with Refugee Families
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 21 August 2020
- Working with Refugee Families
- Working with Refugee Families
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Contributors
- Foreword
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Part I Refugee Family Relationships
- Part II Trauma Care for Refugee Families
- Part III Intersectoral Psychosocial Interventions in Working with Refugee Families
- Chapter 16 Re-building Trust and Connectedness in Exile
- Chapter 17 Family-School Relationships in Supporting Refugee Children’s School Trajectories
- Chapter 18 Collaborative Mental Health Care for Refugee Families in a School Context
- Chapter 19 Interrogating Legality and Legitimacy in the Post-migratory Context
- Conclusion
- Index
- References
Summary
The objective of this chapter is to reflect on the role of collaborative mental health care for refugees in a school and community context. Conditions of adversity both preceding exile and during refugee resettlement may affect refugee children’s mental health. Access to mainstream health care services may be limited, and even when those services are available, they are most of the time underutilized by refugee families. Here, community and school-based services ensure a broader outreach and help refugees avoid stigmatization. In this chapter, we review community- and school-based collaborative care services and interventions for refugee families. We show how collaborative care models develop a protective network around vulnerable refugee youth and families. Subsequently, we present a specific collaborative care model that was developed in the context of action research. This project, conducted with refugee students and their families in Quebec schools, indicates the value of addressing the refugee youth’s psychosocial and educational needs within the school setting through an enhanced family-school collaboration.
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- Working with Refugee FamiliesTrauma and Exile in Family Relationships, pp. 292 - 308Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020
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