Aimee Rolls, Trainee Educational Psychologist, Cognus Educational Psychology Service & UCL’s IOE
The session focuses on how school staff can support the emotional wellbeing of children with a refugee background using a psychosocial approach, looking at how we can:
- Explore the strengths and needs of individual children with refugee backgrounds
- Strengthen protective factors for refugee children, such as:
- Supporting relationships with staff
- Helping children build friendships with peers
- Building relationships with the family and links with the community
- Fostering a sense of school belonging
The training provides a space for reflection for staff to focus on these areas and how to draw on their experience to apply to the needs of children with refugee backgrounds in their setting.