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Feasibility Trial Of The School-Based Strong Intervention To Promote Resilience Among Newcomer Youth, Claire Crooks, Sharon Hoover, Alexandra C.G. Smith
Feasibility Trial Of The School-Based Strong Intervention To Promote Resilience Among Newcomer Youth, Claire Crooks, Sharon Hoover, Alexandra C.G. Smith
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There are thousands of refugee students in Canadian schools and many struggle with distress and trauma symptoms. Even those not demonstrating overt distress may face adjustment challenges. This paper describes the pilot of the Supporting Transition Resilience of Newcomer Groups (STRONG) program in ten schools. STRONG is a 10-session, manualized program focused on building skills and helping students process their migration journey. This pilot used a pragmatic mixed-methods approach to evaluate the feasibility of STRONG, with a focus on acceptability, implementation, and perceived utility of the intervention. Clinicians (n = 16) provided data at the training, throughout the intervention …
Feasibility Trial Of The School-Based Strong Intervention To Promote Resilience Among Newcomer Youth, Claire Crooks, Sharon Hoover, Alexandra C.G. Smith
Feasibility Trial Of The School-Based Strong Intervention To Promote Resilience Among Newcomer Youth, Claire Crooks, Sharon Hoover, Alexandra C.G. Smith
Education Publications
There are thousands of refugee students in Canadian schools and many struggle with distress and trauma symptoms. Even those not demonstrating overt distress may face adjustment challenges. This paper describes the pilot of the Supporting Transition Resilience of Newcomer Groups (STRONG) program in ten schools. STRONG is a 10-session, manualized program focused on building skills and helping students process their migration journey. This pilot used a pragmatic mixed-methods approach to evaluate the feasibility of STRONG, with a focus on acceptability, implementation, and perceived utility of the intervention. Clinicians (n = 16) provided data at the training, throughout the intervention …
“Where Love Prevails”: Student Resilience And Resistance In Precarious Spaces, Cristall Ferne, Susan Rodger, Kathy Hibbert
“Where Love Prevails”: Student Resilience And Resistance In Precarious Spaces, Cristall Ferne, Susan Rodger, Kathy Hibbert
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Growing concerns about school-based mental health (SBMH) in Canada have led to questions concerning how policymakers and educators can develop mental health competencies. Coincidental to this movement has been the emergence of a discourse of community and citizenship, emphasizing active, bottom-up decision-making and self-governance. However, in the rural context, in particular, the ability to engage as a community of citizens is too often thwarted by policies that privilege economic interests over the wellness of those affected—as in the case of school closures, which is our focus here. We adopt Jean Baker Miller’s (Toward a new psychology of women. Beacon …