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Richard Hamilton Dennis Moore

Educational Interventions for Refugee Children

Theoretical Perspectives and Implementing Best Practice

Richard Hamilton, Dennis Moore

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Routledge
25 September 2003

Refugees & political asylum; Organisation & management of education; Teaching of special educational needs

How can schools best prepare themselves to successfully educate refugee children? By focusing on the education of refugee children, this book takes a rare look at a subject of increasing significance in current educational spheres. Highlighting the many difficulties facing refugee children, the editors draw upon a wealth of international experience and resources to present a broad, informative and sensitive text. Educational Interventions for Refugee Children identifies school-based interventions, whilst suggesting methods and measures with which to assess the efficacy of such programmes. It also develops a useful model that provides a standard for assessing refugee experience, offering diagnostic indicators for: Evaluating support services for refugee children Future avenues of research Practical implications of creating supportive educational environments for refugee children. The editors have developed an overall model of refugee experience, integrating psychological, cultural and educational perspectives, which researchers, practitioners and policy makers in education will find invaluable.

By: Richard Hamilton, Dennis Moore
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 249g
ISBN: 9780415308250
ISBN 10: 0415308259
Pages: 158
Publication Date: 25 September 2003
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Education of Refugee Children: Theoretical Perspectives and Best Practice 2. Refugee Trauma, Loss and Grief: Implications for Intervention 3. Second Language Concerns for Refugee Children 4. Resilience 5. Issues of Migration 6. Schools, Teachers and the Education of Refugee Children 7. Conceptual and Policy Issues 8. Education of Refugee Children: Documenting and Implementing Change

Dr Richard Hamilton and Professor Dennis Moore are co-directors of the Research Centre for Interventions in Teaching and Learning at the University of Auckland.

Reviews for Educational Interventions for Refugee Children: Theoretical Perspectives and Implementing Best Practice

Educational Interventions for Refugee Children serves to open the dialogue within schools and between schools and the refugee families they serve.. <br>Vol. 5, No.3<br>-Journal of International Migration and Integration, Summer 2004 <br>