Synopsis
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. Produced by Dr Esther Schroeder for the Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford (2019)
Episodes
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![School Based Approaches for Mental Health Interventions]()
School Based Approaches for Mental Health Interventions
05/02/2019 Duration: 09minOutlining 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.
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![Family, Home and Community Interventions for Refugee Children]()
Family, Home and Community Interventions for Refugee Children
05/02/2019 Duration: 13minHow 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.
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![Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)]()
Trauma Focussed Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (TF-CBT)
05/02/2019 Duration: 09minWhat is TF-CBT, how is it used with young people post trauma, and how young people can be assisted to continue with therapy.
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![Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)]()
Narrative Exposure Therapy (NET)
05/02/2019 Duration: 13minWhat is NET, how it is used, who can be trained to do NET, and outlining the sessions.
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![Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Children]()
Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in Refugee Children
05/02/2019 Duration: 17minWhat traumatic events can increase the risk of having PTSD, how children with PTSD present, what happens in the brain, and grounding techniques.
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![Psychological Assessment Approaches for Refugee Children]()
Psychological Assessment Approaches for Refugee Children
05/02/2019 Duration: 15minBarriers, diagnostic difficulties, and cultural and language considerations for doing a thorough psychological assessment.
