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Picking up the pieces: Family functioning in the aftermath of natural diasaster
Australian Institute of Family StudiesThis article is a literature review of research regarding the responses of individuals, families and communities to catastrophic events. The author focuses on the likely short and long-term effects of the adversities that follow such events, and particularly considers the impacts on children and adolescents, as well as the potential for “spill-over” to those not directly affected by the crisis or catastrophe. The author notes that families have the potential to be both a site of transmission of such effects and the locus of recovery. -
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Starting school: A pivotal life transition for children and their families
This article discusses the process and impact for children and families during the transition to school. -
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Calmer classrooms: A guide to working with traumatised children
State Government VictoriaAssists professionals within schools in understanding and working with children and young people whose lives have been affected by trauma, primarily through abuse and neglect. -
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Supportive relationships and active skill-building strengthen the foundations of resilience
Harvard UniversityThis working paper explains how protective factors in the social environment and responsive biological systems interact to produce resilience, and discusses strategies that promote healthy development in face of significant adversity. -
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Protective factors approaches in child welfare
Child Welfare Information GatewayThis brief provides an overview of protective factors approaches in child maltreatment as well as examples of how they are being put into practice. -
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Is resilience still a useful concept when working with children and young people?
Cathryn HunterThis paper discusses some of the complex issues surrounding the issue of resilience and how these can be considered in working with children and young people. -
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Working with culturally and linguistically diverse (CALD) adolescents
Child Family Community AustraliaThis page contains a compilation of reports, policy papers and other resources for professionals supporting CALD adolescents. It includes a section on trauma with resources to help recognise and respond to the long-term effects of torture and trauma among newly arrived young people, particularly refugees. -
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The Working with Refugee Families Project
This report outlines the findings of a three stage research project designed to examine why recently arrived families from refugee backgrounds are presenting to the child protection system and to identify culturally appropriate strategies and models for intervention. -
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Putting adolescents and youth at the centre
Forced Migration ReviewThis article discusses the challenges that young refugee and displaced people face and the considerations that need to be taken when developing programs to assist them. -
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Mentoring for resettled youth
Forced Migration ReviewThis article discusses the benefits that one to one mentoring can have for refugee youth resettling in new communities. -
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Challenging some assumptions about ‘refugee youth’
Christina Clark-KazakThis article discusses the peer networks that young unaccompanied refugees develop. -
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Assisting unaccompanied youth to integrate
Nathalie LummertWith the right assistance and support, unaccompanied refugee youth can adapt and thrive in a new country while maintaining their cultural identity.