This workshop focuses on understanding the “refugee situation.” Topics such as the process of resettlement, the specifics of the triple trauma paradigm for major resettlement groups in Minnesota, the types of idioms of distress and mental health difficulties that refugees to Minnesota are presenting and the barriers to providing culturally competent care to these refugees are discussed.
PRE TRAINING MATERIALS
1. Vanishing into the Hills of Burma Traditional Karen Medicine
2. Communication Guide – All Cultures
3. Burmese Health Beliefs
4. Bhutanese Refugees in the Bay Area
5. Best Practices – Somali Family Mental Support
6. Community Strategies for Healing War Trauma – The Bhutanese Refugee Experience
7. HELPS — Brain Injury Assessment tool
8. Witness to Political Violence article– Weingarten
9. Resources for Burmese Refugees
10. Faltering US Refugee Protection
11. Domestic Violence in Refugee Families
12. Exposure to violence and PTSD symptoms among Somali women
13. Glossary of Refugee-related terms
14. Cultural Profile– Bhutanese Refugees
15. Refugee Mental Health Study — Fazel
16. Refugee Films and Books
MATERIALS USED IN THE TRAINING