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Trauma

Prácticas Inclusivas e Informadas sobre el Trauma con Inmigrantes: Una Serie de Capacitaciones para Profesionales y Organizaciones Comunitarias

By | Culture: Issues & Competencies, Immigration Relief, Language Issues, New CICW Resources, Social Work, Spanish Resources, Training & Tools, Trainings, Trauma

Prácticas Inclusivas e Informadas sobre el Trauma con Inmigrantes: Una Serie de Capacitaciones para Profesionales y Organizaciones Comunitarias

Center on Immigration and Child Welfare, NMSU School of Social Work (December 2024)

Este es un curso asincrónico en línea de 5 módulos a su propio ritmo, que explora cómo las organizaciones de servicios y los profesionales pueden implementar políticas y prácticas para aumentar la inclusión de las familias inmigrantes, y cómo la práctica informada sobre el trauma se puede adaptar para abordar las experiencias únicas de las familias inmigrantes. También incluye la discusión de un modelo para implementar navegadores especialistas en inmigrantes dentro de las organizaciones. 6 CEU de obra social cultural gratuitas disponibles. Obtenga más información aquí: https://cimmcw.org/immigrant-inclusivity-training/ o inscríbase en el enlace de arriba.

Working together: Including children in research on violence against children

By | Child Well-Being, Research, Safety, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Working together: Including children in research on violence against children. A Resource Pack for Research Practitioners

Lucy Jamieson, Clare Feinstein, Alana Kapell and Nicole Dulieu; End Violence Partnership Knowledge Network, End Violence Lab and Save the Children (April 2021)

This comprehensive resource pack reviews key considerations and approaches for including children in research initiatives, ensuring that children’s rights are respected and that they are engaged as partners in the research process.

 

Children at Risk at the Border: Evaluation of the Protection and Care of Unaccompanied Mexican Migrant Children

By | Immigrant Youth, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors, Unaccompanied Minors Research

Children at Risk at the Border: Evaluation of the Protection and Care of Unaccompanied Mexican Migrant Children

Appleseed Mexico (April 2024)

This report highlights shortcomings in current practices surrounding the treatment of Mexican unaccompanied children at the U.S.-Mexico border and offers recommendations for improvement.

US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma

US Immigration Policy Stressors and Latinx Youth Mental Health

Kathleen M. Roche, Rebecca M. B. White, Roushanac Partovi, Elizabeth Vaquera, and Todd D. Little; JAMA Pediatrics (May 13, 2024)

This study explored the impact of immigration-related stressors on parent-child relationships and the mental health of Latinx adolescents.

Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth

By | Child Well-Being, Immigrant Families Research, Immigrant Youth, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Trauma

Threat and deprivation as distinct predictors of posttraumatic stress and depression symptoms in first and second generation Latinx youth

Jodi Berger Cardoso, Kalina M. Brabeck, Tzuan A. Chen, Arlene Bjugstad, Caitlyn Mytelka, Randy Capps, & Thomas M. Crea; Applied Developmental Science (September 21, 2023)

This research examined how immigration enforcement fear and perceived economic hardship affect posttraumatic stress disorder and depression among first and second-generation Latinx youth in immigrant families.

Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services

By | Child Well-Being, Culture: Issues & Competencies, Early Childhood, Federal Policy, Language Issues, Law & Policy, Law/Policy Highlight, State Policy, Trauma

Supporting Immigrant and Refugee Families through Infant and Early Childhood Mental Health Services

Maki Park, Lillie Hinkle, Katherine Habben and Emma Heidorn, Migration Policy Institute (April 2024)

This issue brief reviews the importance of infant and early childhood mental health services for immigrant and refugee families, identifies gaps impacting service access and use, and highlights opportunities to improve access to and the relevance of these services for immigrant families. 

Through Iceboxes and Kennels: How Immigration Detention Harms Children and Families

By | Child Well-Being, Detention, Family Separation, Immigration Enforcement, Toolkits, Handbooks, Guides & Books, Trauma

Through Iceboxes and Kennels: How Immigration Detention Harms Children and Families

Luis Zayas, Oxford University Press (May 2023)

This book reviews the history and politics of immigration enforcement and detention centers operated by private prison companies, featuring the stories of children and parents and highlighting the negatives impacts to children’s growth and development.

Report on Homeland Security for Children Fiscal Year 2023 Report to Congress

By | Child Well-Being, Federal Policy, Immigrant Youth, Trauma, Unaccompanied Minors

Report on Homeland Security for Children Fiscal Year 2023 Report to Congress

U.S. Department of Homeland Security (September 2023)

This report describes DHS’s efforts to review and incorporate feedback from organizations representing the needs of children, and addresses the identification and protection of unaccompanied minors and family detention.

“It felt like hitting rock bottom”: A qualitative exploration of the mental health impacts of immigration enforcement and discrimination on US-citizen, Mexican children

By | Child Well-Being, Deportation, Family Separation, Immigrant Families Research, Immigration Enforcement, Research, Research Highlight, Trauma

“It felt like hitting rock bottom”: A qualitative exploration of the mental health impacts of immigration enforcement and discrimination on US-citizen, Mexican children

Jamile Tellez Lieberman, Carmen R. Valdez, Jessie Kemmick Pintor, Philippe Weisz, Amy Carroll-Scott, Kevin Wagner & Ana P. Martinez-Donate; Latino Studies (May 15, 2023)

This qualitative study examines children’s experiences of discrimination, parental deportation or threat thereof, and perceived impacts on mental health, and revealed detrimental impacts to their psychological well-being.

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