Benefits of conducting groups with students from refugee backgrounds in the school context.

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Benefits of conducting groups with students from refugee backgrounds in the school context.
Elisabeth Pickering

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The presentation will cover the rationale and benefits of conducting groups with students from refugee backgrounds in the school context. Challenges that arise when running groups will be discussed along with strategies to address these challenges. Examples will be drawn from experiences with ‘Settling In’ and Capoeira Angola groups.

Recorded at the NSW Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors (STARTTS)
Recorded:20 July 2010 , New South Wales, Australia.
Visit STARTTS at : www.STARTTS.org.au

Elisabeth Pickering

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	Benefits of conducting groups with students from refugee backgrounds in the school context.	Elisabeth Pickering	12'29"
	Benefits of conducting groups with students from refugee backgrounds in the school context.	Elisabeth Pickering

Elisabeth Pickering

Elisabeth Pickering has worked with migrants and refugees in schools for over 35 years. She is currently working as a School Counsellor at Cabramatta and Chester Hill High School Intensive English Centres. She has worked on numerous projects to assist refugees. She developed the first ‘Settling In’ program at Cabramatta in 1992. Elisabeth’s special interests include grief and trauma, the process of resettlement, cross-cultural counselling, and issues of access and equity.