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Culture: Issues & Competencies

One Year Later: Immigrant Trauma and How to Deal with It

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Family Separation, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Trauma

One Year Later: Immigrant Trauma and How to Deal with It

The Immigrant Learning Center (ILC) (November 2017)

This is a webinar conducted by legal experts, social workers, educators and social service providers coming together to explain the impact of trauma faced by immigrants, how immigration policies have changed this over the year, and best practices to work with clients facing this trauma.

Otherhood

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigrant Youth, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Work, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Otherhood

Rupa Shenoy, Public Radio International (May 2018)

Otherhood, a podcast from Public Radio International (PRI), was created by experienced journalist Rupa Shenoy, who worked with many immigrant children and developed interests in learning about their unique stories and perspectives. Otherhood is a platform to share different stories of first and second-generation immigrants. Episode are available free of charge on Apple podcasts.

 

Looking at Latino Families’ Access to Early Care and Education Through Multiple Dimensions

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Social Workers, Youth & Families

Looking at Latino Families’ Access to Early Care and Education Through Multiple Dimensions.

Society for Research in Child Development (May 23, 2018)

The University-Based Child and Family Policy Consortium, in collaboration with the Society for Research in Child Development, hosted a webinar on May 23, 2018 on Latino Families’ Access to Early Care and Education.

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What Parents Talk About When They Talk About Learning: A National Survey About Young Children and Science

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight

What Parents Talk About When They Talk About Learning: A National Survey About Young Children and Science

Megan Silander, Todd Grindal, Naomi Hupert, Elisa Garcia, Kea Anderson, Philip Vahey, Shelley Pasnik, Education Development Center, Inc. & SRI International (May 2018)

This study used a nationally representative parent survey, combined with in-depth interviews and home visits with a smaller sample of families, to learn how parents of young children, particularly low-income parents, encourage and take part in their children’s learning, especially their science learning.

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Why and How Do Low-income Hispanic Families Search for Early Care and Education (ECE)?

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Language Issues, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Resources

Why and How Do Low-income Hispanic Families Search for Early Care and Education (ECE)?

Julia L. Mendez; Danielle A. Crosby, National Research Center on Hispanic Children & Families (May 2018)

This brief uses data from the 2012 National Survey of Early Care and Education (NSECE) to describe why low-income Hispanic parents with young children (birth to age 5) report searching for child care; comparison data for low-income non-Hispanic black and white parents are also reported.

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A-B Action Toolkit

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Highlighted Resources, Immigration Enforcement, Immigration Relief, Legal/Law, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Work, Social Workers, Youth & Families

A-B Action Toolkit

Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (May 17, 2018)

The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies is asking advocates nationwide to raise their voices to ensure our nation upholds protections for asylum seekers. Along with several allies, they have just released an action toolkit that includes sample social media posts and graphics, as well as a template press release/op-ed that can be tailored to align with your individual or your organization’s mission.

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Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies

By | Child Abuse/Neglect Prevention, Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Deportation, Detention, Family Separation, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Legal Professionals, Legal/Law, Parenting, Practice, Practice Highlight, Resources, Social Work, Social Workers

Immigrants in the Child Welfare System: Case Studies

ABA Center on Children and the Law, American Bar Association (May 2018)

This resource provides guidance on how to navigate a number of scenarios in which children and their families may benefit from support services but face intersecting immigration and child welfare legal challenges. The analysis informs not only child welfare professionals including case workers, attorneys, and judges, but also immigration law professionals whose clients may interact with the state child welfare system. Understanding the complexities that arise when families interact with both systems is a critical step in better advocacy for and support of immigrant children and families.

A Resilience Perspective on Immigrant Youth Adaptation and Development

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Resources, Social Work

A Resilience Perspective on Immigrant Youth Adaptation and Development

Frosso Motti-Stefanid and Ann S. Masten, Handbook on Positive Development of Minority Children and Youth (February 8, 2017)

Immigrant youth make up a large and important part of society, making their successful adaptation an important issue. In spite of the challenges they face, most of them adapt well in their new countries. However, considerable diversity in their adaptation has been found, prompting the central question of this piece: “Who among immigrant youth adapt well and why?”  

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Immigration, Acculturation and Parenting

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Parenting, Research, Research Highlight, Resources

Immigration, Acculturation and Parenting

Marc H. Bornstein, PhD and Yvonne Bohr, PhD, Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development (April 2011)

Parenting occupies a central node in the nexus between culture and adaptive human development. While parents in all societies are expected to nurture and protect young children, culture influences a wide array of family functions including roles, decision-making patterns, and cognitions and practices related to childrearing and child development. Parenting may be subjected to complex transformations when families emigrate from one society to settle in another.

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Addressing Health Disparities in the Mental Health of Refugee Children and Adolescents Through Community-Based Participatory Research: A Study in 2 Communities

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Highlighted Resources, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Language Issues, Research, Research Highlight

Addressing Health Disparities in the Mental Health of Refugee Children and Adolescents Through Community-Based Participatory Research: A Study in 2 Communities

Theresa S. Betancourt, Rochelle Frounfelker, Tej Mishra, Aweis Hussein, and Rita Falzarano, American Journal of Public Health (June 3, 2015)

The researchers of this study sought to understand the problems, strengths, and help-seeking behaviors of Somali Bantu and Bhutanese refugees and determine local expressions of mental health problems among youths in both communities.

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