Provider Tips
Trauma
- Learn about developmental responses to traumatic stress and educate families
- Learn about a child’s culture of origin and use cultural brokers
- Identify and help reduce trauma reminders in a child’s environment
- Refer to trained mental health providers when appropriate
Acculturation
- Provide culturally and linguistically sensitive services
- Help create a dialogue between parents and children
- Respect existing roles within families (e.g., even if children speak better English than a parent do not use them as interpreters, recognize the role of the parent)
- Refer or develop acculturation classes for families new to the country
Resettlement
- You can help refugee families by increasing your own knowledge and their knowledge of resources in your community. See Resources Page
- Help families access resources that help with financial, legal, housing, and basic needs.
- Provide access to transportation
- Ensure families have access to appropriate medical, dental, and mental health care
- Assess the child and family’s need for further services
Isolation
- Integrate community and cultural beliefs with the services you provide
- Collaborate with local mutual assistance agencies. See Resources Page
- Help families connect to cultural, religious, mentoring, and community organizations
- Suggest local community activities in which children and families can participate
