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Guide: Caring for Children through Conflict and Displacement
Author(s): United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
Date: April 13, 2023
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Wellbeing, Grief and Healing
Date: April 13, 2023
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Wellbeing, Grief and Healing
Caring for Children though Conflict and Displacement provides psychoeducation, normalization and skill-building strategies for caregivers. Developed by UNODC and University of Manchester, this guide is available in English, Pashto, Russian, Ukrainian, Vietnamese and Malay.
Evidence Summary: What can help refugees process traumatic grief?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: October 1, 2022
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: October 1, 2022
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
There is limited strong evidence on interventions that specifically target traumatic grief. Prolonged and traumatic grief are usually closely associated with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), and therefore many interventions target PTSD with grief symptoms as an auxiliary diagnosis. There appear to be some differences in interventions that target grief as a result of loss of …
Blog Post: Resource List: Serving Ukrainian Newcomers
Author(s): Cultural Orientation Resource Exchange (CORE), Switchboard
Date: September 19, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management, Cultural Awareness, Employment, Health, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: September 19, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management, Cultural Awareness, Employment, Health, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
In early 2022, President Biden announced that the United States would welcome 100,000 Ukrainian newcomers and others affected by the Russian invasion that took place in February. The resettlement network is working to support Ukrainians by providing available benefits and services, including those funded by the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR). This blog post, created …
Video: Coping with Grief and Loss
Author(s): The KonTerra Group
Date: September 19, 2022
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: September 19, 2022
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
This resource, created by The KonTerra Group, explains ways to help you cope with the grieving process due to the loss of someone or something you care about.
Archived Webinar: Applying Ambiguous Loss Theory to Torture Survivors: A Conversation with Pauline Boss
Author(s): Center for Victims of Torture (CVT)
Date: November 10, 2021
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: November 10, 2021
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Description: Survivors of torture have endured multiple and often catastrophic losses – loved ones, home, identity, culture. Some of these may be understood as Ambiguous Losses – a loss that occurs without closure or clear understanding. According to Dr. Pauline Boss, “Human relationships are ruptured indefinitely by ambiguous loss, causing trauma and frozen grief. While …
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Archived Webinar: To Speak or Not to Speak about Past Trauma: Shifting the Focus to the Present Impacts of Current Events and Assimilation on Immigrant Children
Author(s): Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS)
Date: September 10, 2018
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare, Child and Youth Wellbeing, Grief and Healing
Date: September 10, 2018
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare, Child and Youth Wellbeing, Grief and Healing
This webinar covers how to assess and respond to a child’s current difficulties arising from assimilation and tragic events in news reports. The webinar also includes how to recognize stress induced reactions in children and what to recommend to both children and their parents to support adjustment and healing.
Blog Post: Laughter and Trauma
Author(s): Bridging Refugee Youth and Children's Services (BRYCS)
Date: July 1, 2017
Topic(s): Case Management, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: July 1, 2017
Topic(s): Case Management, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
This blog post was written by Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) and is included as an archived post on the Switchboard blog. For ten years, I served refugees at administrative and policy levels. I missed working with clients, but I feared vicarious traumatization (being negatively impacted from the heavy weight of experiencing traumatic …
Guide: Grief and Healing Information Guide
Author(s): National Partnership for Community Training (NPCT)
Date: February 1, 2017
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: February 1, 2017
Topic(s): Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
This guides connects the grieving process to the healing process, resiliency, and the honoring of people and places which have passed. This can be done through utilizing innovative practices that facilitate healing, engaging traditional modes of grieving, and developing a strong community support system.
Archived Webinar: How Communities Can Respond to Grief
Author(s): National Partnership for Community Training (NPCT)
Date: February 1, 2017
Topic(s): Community Engagement, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
Date: February 1, 2017
Topic(s): Community Engagement, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Grief and Healing
The first session of this two-part webinar examined the grief process and discusses how communities can support those experiencing grief by applying skills offered in Mental Health First Aid (MHFA) trainings. The post-webinar Loss and Healing Case Study continued the discussion.
Video: Getting and Staying Well for Congolese Refugees
Author(s): Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR)
Date: November 15, 2015
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Health, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare, Child and Youth Wellbeing, Domestic Violence, Grief and Healing, Healthcare, Sexual and Reproductive Health
Date: November 15, 2015
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Health, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare, Child and Youth Wellbeing, Domestic Violence, Grief and Healing, Healthcare, Sexual and Reproductive Health
This six part video series from the Office of Refugee Resettlement (ORR) covers a variety of health topics specifically for Congolese refugees and it is narrated in Kiswahili. The series includes: Introduction to Healthcare in the U.S. explains the role of healthcare providers, preventive care, and health insurance. Your Body Before, During and After Pregnancy …
