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Latest Resources
For Educators
Supporting and Maintaining a Safe Work Environment for Multicultural School Staff
Multilingual School Staff enrich our school communities with their language skills, cultural knowledge and a strong desire to support student learning and wellbeing. The STARTTS School Liaison Team has produced…
Supporting Students with Refugee Experience During an International Crisis
By STARTTS Image adapted from original work by Zainab Mujtaba
For Counsellors
Part of the System Ep 26 with Shaun Nemorin, Team Leader of STARTTS School Liaison Team
On 21 June 2021, STARTTS School Liaison Team Leader, Shaun Nemorin, was interviewed by David Burns (Founder & CEO of Collective Leisure) about wellbeing, community sport and his personal experiences…
Reconectando: Hector Aristizábal at the 2021 conference of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR)
On 10 September, STARTTS School Liaison Team Leader, Shaun Nemorin chaired the 2021 conference of the International Society for Health and Human Rights (ISHHR). One of the distinguished speakers was psychologist, activist and social arts…
Working With Families
STARTTS Community Voice
Community Voice is a capacity building and family support group which embraces a co-design approach. This means that communities and individuals are supported to drive program design alongside STARTTS. The…
Baby Map
Baby Map – A guide for you and your 0-3 year old This animated video series, located on the STARTTS website, has been developed for parents and caregivers from refugee…
Anti-Racism
All One Under the Sun
All One Under the Sun 'All One Under the Sun' is a remedy to racism campaign for the whole community, driven by young people and using the arts to promote…
Hints for Healing Podcast Season 3 Conclusion: Anti-Racism and Inclusion in Schools
Rafik Tanious returns to Hints for Healing to tie together the four episodes on racism and anti-racism leave you with some concluding remarks. We hope this season has been helpful in…
In Your Language
Arabic Video About STARTTS for Clients
In this video, three STARTTS clients (one of whom is a young person), talk about their experiences of being STARTTS clients in Arabic (English subtitles).
LGBTQIA+
Walk On Walk Strong
The STARTTS LGBTIQA+ project recognises the diversity of communities with diverse sexualities and genders with refugee and asylum seeker backgrounds. Our program provides peer-led support groups run by people with…
Disability and Refugee Experience
Hints for Healing Podcast S2, Ep 4 – Navigating Year 12 in 2021: Experiences of an Afghan Australian Woman
In this episode, 19 year-old Afghan-Australian, Farzana Nazari talks about her experiences of transitioning from her Intensive English Centre to mainstream high school. Farzana also discusses what gave her strength…
Hints for Healing Podcast S2, Ep3: Supporting the Recovery of Afghan Youth Through Online Platforms
In this episode, STARTTS Youth Program Team Leader, Lina Ishu discusses how she and her team used flexibility, creativity and consultation to adapt to the needs of Afghan Young People…
Supporting Afghan Students
Hints for Healing Podcast S2, Ep 4 – Navigating Year 12 in 2021: Experiences of an Afghan Australian Woman
In this episode, 19 year-old Afghan-Australian, Farzana Nazari talks about her experiences of transitioning from her Intensive English Centre to mainstream high school. Farzana also discusses what gave her strength…
Hints for Healing Podcast S2, Ep3: Supporting the Recovery of Afghan Youth Through Online Platforms
In this episode, STARTTS Youth Program Team Leader, Lina Ishu discusses how she and her team used flexibility, creativity and consultation to adapt to the needs of Afghan Young People…
Self-Care
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 6: Self Care and Seeking Support
Self-compassion is presented as a helpful foundational framework for nurturing good self-care. John Arden’s SEEDS model is then discussed in detail and recommended as a model for taking stock of…
Vicarious Trauma and Resilience Part 5: Resilience and Post-Traumatic Growth
The positive transformations that can emerge out of empathic and professional engagement with survivors of traumatic events are discussed. The presenter highlights how greater awareness of post-traumatic growth and vicarious…