This session is part of a series of six ITE sessions that can be delivered to increase students' knowledge about key issues and effective practice for teaching refugee and asylum seeker children and young people in primary and secondary schools. All the sessions help student teachers plan for the diverse needs of all pupils, support their educational achievement and promote race equality, well-being and community cohesion.
This session will develop student teachers' understanding of ways to promote the well-being of refugee children and young people. With a focus on early intervention and prevention, the session looks at how refugee children and young people can be supported to achieve the five Every Child Matters outcomes. With reference to a range of theoretical perspectives, students are asked to consider approaches that consider the impact of personal and environmental factors on the development and well-being of refugee children.
Factors that protect refugee children are explored, together with those that put them at risk, with activities to help students plan positive interventions for promoting well-being. Holistic, multifaceted approaches and activities are proposed together with a practice framework. Such a framework recognises the very diverse backgrounds and experiences of refugee children and young people.
Bill Bolloten and Tim Spafford
www.refugeeeducation.co.uk