Mental Health Interventions for Refugee Children: Recent Episodes
Oxford University
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)
Outlining 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.
How 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.
What is TF-CBT, how is it used with young people post trauma, and how young people can be assisted to continue with therapy.
What traumatic events can increase the risk of having PTSD, how children with PTSD present, what happens in the brain, and grounding techniques.
Barriers, diagnostic difficulties, and cultural and language considerations for doing a thorough psychological assessment.