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Підтримка дітей та підлітків, які постраждали внаслідок війни в Україні (Ukrainian) Supporting Children and Adolescents Affected by the War in Ukraine

Для батьків:Підтримка дітей та підлітків, які постраждали внаслідок війни в Україні By STARTTS – Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors Image by Red_Ink Діти та підлітки, які залишили Україну, по-особливому справляються з даною ситуацією та влаштовуються в Австралії. У той час як багато дітей досить легко справляються з потрясіннями, змінами…

Supporting Children and Adolescents Affected by the War in Ukraine

For Parents and Guardians of Ukrainian ChildrenSupporting Children and Adolescents Affected by the War in Ukraine By STARTTS - Service for the Treatment and Rehabilitation of Torture and Trauma Survivors Image by Red_Ink Children and adolescents who have fled Ukraine are unique in the way in which they cope with the situation and settle into…

Aromatherapy for Educators

Aromatherapy for EducatorsEssential oils for stress relief and better sleep By Thuy Tran and Nicole Loehr Teaching and supporting students has always been a demanding occupation. The profession necessitates responding to students’ varied educational, social and emotional needs, managing high workloads and often not receiving remuneration and community recognition commensurate with such a highly skilled…

BRIEFING SHEET FOR EDUCATORS IN NSW: Supporting Students Affected by the War in Ukraine

BRIEFING SHEET FOR EDUCATORS IN NSWSupporting Students Affected by the War in Ukraine By The School Liaison Team, STARTTS 1 March 2022 Background In the early hours of Thursday 24 February 2022, Russian military forces invaded Ukraine. Since then, there have been missile strikes across the country, including residential areas of Kharkiv (Ukraine’s second biggest…

Displaced families (TPV Holders) with children with disabilities in Australia

Displaced families (TPV Holders) with children with disabilities in Australia By Melika Taheri, Shaun Nemorin and Rachelle Coe, Feb 2022 Image credit: Pablo Stanley Background Forced displacement is not a simple process. The United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (2022) reported that global forced displacement recently surpassed 84 million, with individuals compelled to leave their…

Attachment Fundamentals: Why Separation from Friends and Family Matters

Attachment Fundamentals: Why Separation from Friends and Family Matters By Deb Gould Illustration by Irene Falgueras Let’s start by stating the obvious: COVID lockdowns prevented most of us from being with loved ones – from them being just outside our bubbles to way overseas, we were left phoning, zooming or writing in order to stay…

Supporting Student Wellbeing during COVID-19 Restrictions and Remote-learning – Deb’s Digest Term 4, 2021

Supporting Student Wellbeing during COVID-19 Restrictions and Remote-learning By Deb Gould Image credit: HaticeEROL, Pixabay “I can’t do this anymore”, “Nothing I do makes any difference”. By the time this edition comes out, NSW students will have been learning from home for about 10 weeks and probably have another 5 weeks to go. We all have had to adjust expectations…

Briefing Sheet for Educators in NSW: Supporting Students and Families with Links to Afghanistan during NSW COVID-19 Restrictions

Briefing Sheet for Educators in NSW: Supporting Students and Families with Links to Afghanistan during NSW COVID-19 Restrictions Fighting between the Taliban and Afghan government forces intensified since May 2021 in response to the gradual withdrawal of coalition forces from Afghanistan. On 15 August 2021, the Taliban captured the capital of Afghanistan, Kabul. Afghanistan is…

Cultivating Connection and Trust in Counselling, with Deb Banks

Cultivating Connection and Trust in Counselling, with Deb Banks By Maeve Galea Image source: Piqsels Deb Banks’ knows that trust can (and should be) hard-won, ‘I will tell kids in their first session, “I’m just going to ask you a few general questions, give me the information that you feel comfortable with, but I’m not going to…

Building Community at School, with School Liaison Officer Maria Ha

Building Community at School, with School Liaison Officer Maria Ha By Maeve Galea It’s widely accepted that schools can play an instrumental role in supporting the recovery of children with refugee experience (Kia-Keating & Ellis, 2007; Matthews, 2008; Correa-Velez et al., 2010; Tozer at al, 2018). But did you know that the community atmosphere of…