• PMD: 8
• Cost: Included in Registration
• Skill Level: Introduction
• Poster Session 1: Promoting Diversity and Multicultural Competence in School Psychology

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

1. understand how Northern Triangle immigrant parents describe their experience of being separated from their children;
2. understand how Northern Triangle immigrant parents describe their experience of reunifying with the children after a period of separation; and
3. discuss best practices for meeting the needs of immigrant families in the school setting.

Description

Learn about the impacts of family separation and reunification on immigrant families and discuss how this knowledge can inform best practices for working with immigrant populations in the school setting.

Presenter(s)

Ann McGlaughlin, Madison-Champaign Educational Service Center