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Evidence Summary: What works to help students in immigrant and refugee families complete secondary education?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: July 6, 2023
Topic(s): Adult Education
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education
Date: July 6, 2023
Topic(s): Adult Education
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education
There is some moderate evidence that trusted adult support increases academic achievement. – Three articles highlight the importance of support from a trusted adult on academic achievement. Two suggestive studies focus on parental support, while another impact evaluation focuses on trusted adults. Students who had the support of their parents or trusted adults were more …
Evidence Summary: What works to improve people’s financial capability?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: April 1, 2023
Topic(s): Financial Capabilities
Date: April 1, 2023
Topic(s): Financial Capabilities
Limited but strong evidence supports financial capability interventions. Studies with low-income populations find that financial capability interventions lead to numerous positive outcomes such as increased income and savings, better job placement and retention, higher credit scores, and progress toward financial self-sufficiency. Certain characteristics of financial capability interventions can enhance their effectiveness. Bundled or integrated interventions …
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Evidence Summary: What Professional Development Activities Will Help PK–12 Teachers Create Culturally Responsive Learning Environments?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: March 3, 2023
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education
Date: March 3, 2023
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education
While evidence is limited, suggestive studies describe multiple potential strategies that may help teachers build culturally responsive learning environments. Teacher professional development programs that offer concrete tasks of teaching, assessment, observation, and reflection may produce higher student test scores. Professional learning communities may help achieve the goals of creating more equitable and culturally responsive classrooms. …
Evidence Summary: What are the effects of multiculturalism in the PK–12 classroom?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: February 1, 2023
Topic(s): Education; Child
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education
Date: February 1, 2023
Topic(s): Education; Child
Subtopic(s): Child and Youth Education
Evidence suggests that multicultural student teams and friend groups are better problem-solvers and produce better academic outcomes inside the classroom. Multicultural student teams may yield more creative solutions to problems they face in the classroom. Students who engage with people who are different from them may be more likely to have higher grades and better …
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Evidence Summary: How can participatory research methods be used to improve research with refugees?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: January 27, 2023
Date: January 27, 2023
Participatory research methods have been successfully implemented with multiple refugee communities and have covered various topics. General principles of participatory research include viewing community members as co-researchers, creating advisory boards, involving community members in all steps of the research project, and highlighting community expertise on their own lived experiences Community empowerment and skill building should …
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Evidence Summary: What strategies can help newcomers with social integration?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: December 1, 2022
Topic(s): Cultural Awareness
Date: December 1, 2022
Topic(s): Cultural Awareness
There is strong evidence that peer mentoring and support groups with established immigrants can support social integration of recently arrived newcomers from the same ethnic group. Studies show that peer support groups provide needed social capital and resource sharing to recently arrived refugees and other newcomers. There is moderate evidence that peer mentoring with host …
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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 …
Evidence Summary: What works to improve mental health of refugee children and adults?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: April 29, 2022
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare, Child and Youth Wellbeing
Date: April 29, 2022
Topic(s): Child, Youth, and Family Services, Mental Health and Wellness
Subtopic(s): Behavioral Healthcare, Child and Youth Wellbeing
This evidence summary aims to identify effective strategies for improving mental health among resettled refugees. The intended audience is U.S. refugee service providers and other interested stakeholders. This evidence summary seeks to answer the following questions: What interventions are effective in preventing and/or treating mental health conditions among refugees? What mental health interventions lack adequate …
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Evidence Summary: What works to support LGBTQ refugees?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: April 29, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management, Mental Health and Wellness
Date: April 29, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management, Mental Health and Wellness
This document summarizes the state of available evidence regarding practices and programs for LGBTQ refugees. Understanding what works to address the needs of this population is important because LGBTQ refugees often lack the support networks that other refugees rely on. They must also navigate the isolation they face within their own ethnic or national communities. …
Evidence Summary: What are the impacts of case management on refugees?
Author(s): Switchboard
Date: February 10, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management
Date: February 10, 2022
Topic(s): Case Management
This evidence summary assesses the state of available evidence regarding the impacts of case management in refugee resettlement programs. It examines studies of programs for refugee adults, unaccompanied refugee minors, and refugee children that focus on mental health, health care access, transitioning to life in the U.S., financial wellbeing, and more.
