PO587: Hope Across the Border: Supporting Central-American and Mexican Student Refugees

  • PMD: 4,8
  • 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 the challenges that Mexican and Central American student refugees face when beginning school in the United States;
  2. learn culturally appropriate, evidence-based practices that support student refugees from Mexico and Central America; and
  3. leave with a list of resources that can be used upon returning to their place of practice to best support student refugees from Mexico and Central America.

Description

Refugee students are frequently grouped with immigrant students resulting in the lack of services needed for their unique circumstances. Learn evidence-based strategies to support Mexican and Central-American refugees in schools.

Presenter(s)

Monique E. Armendariz, University of Washington

Contributor(s)

Katharine Y. Kashima, Alexa Matlack

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