Immigrant and refugee youth are exposed to specific traumas and stressors when acclimating to a new country, from increased isolation to a lack of stability. In this talk, Dr. Jeffrey Winer describes the intervention framework developed by his team at Boston Children’s Hospital and how educators can implement those techniques in the classroom.
Jeffrey P. Winer, PhD, is an attending psychologist at the Boston Children’s Hospital Trauma and Community Resilience Center and an assistant professor at Harvard Medical School. His research focuses on developing and implementing culturally responsive and trauma-informed psychological interventions for immigrant and refugee families and youth, specifically helping to develop the Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees model.
00:00 Intro
1:37 About Dr. Jeff Winer and his work
2:44 Immigrant families suffer from systematic trauma
3:30 Core stressors experienced by immigrant and refugee kids
5:22 The most helpful intervention domains for those stressors
7:21 Foundational needs for addressing resettlement stress
9:02 How to promote stability and agency
11:45 Address acculturation stress through intercultural exchange
14:49 The dangers of social isolation and loneliness
16:43 How to promote belonging in schools
20:38 Final thoughts
This video is part of The Immigrant Learning Center’s virtual training session “Promoting Immigrant Student Mental Health and Wellbeing,” and is part of our ongoing series of free, professional development trainings, “Immigrant Student Success.” For more information, visit our website: https://www.ilctr.org/events/promoting-immigrant-student-mental-health-and-wellbeing/
View the slides: https://www.ilctr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Immigrant.Connections.Core_.Stressors.Jeff_.Winer_.2024-11-19.pptx.pdf
Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees fact sheet: https://www.ilctr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/TST-R-Informational-Sheet-with-QR-Code.pdf
Trauma Systems Therapy for Refugees Tier 2: https://www.ilctr.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/TST-R-Tier-2-Groups-One-Pager-V1.1.pdf
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