SUPPORTING STUDENTS FROM A REFUGEE EXPERIENCE
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Background Knowledge
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Tools and Services
Background Knowledge
PEETA (Primary English Teaching Association of Australia),
Planning the learning environment for refugee background students
by Pam Luizzi and Janet Saker
Discusses:
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The refugee experience and its impacts on settlement and education
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Learning English as a second or additional language for refugee students
http://petaa.edu.au/imis_prod/w/Teaching_Resources/PPs/PEN_162.aspx
Australian Government Department of Home Affairs
Fact sheets about Australia's refugee and humanitarian program, settlement services for refugees, visa subclasses
Foundation House, School's In For Refugees: A Whole-School Approach to Supporting Students and Families of Refugee Background, updated 2nd edition (2016)
This organisation is based in Victoria, but this resource is relevant to any school in Australia.
http://www.foundationhouse.org.au/schools-in-for-refugees/
NSW Teachers Federation and Western Sydney University, It's Complex!Working with Students of Refugee Backgrounds and their Families in New South Wales Public Schools
Federation commissioned 3 researchers from Western Sydney University to interview teachers from Beverly Hills IEC and GHC about working with students from a refugee experience.
SERVICES
TIS Online (Translating and Interpreting Services)
Check with your principal if you are eligible for the free translator services.
https://tisonline.tisnational.gov.au/RegisterAgency
ph: 131 450
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