Displaced families (TPV Holders) with children with disabilities in Australia
By Melika Taheri, Shaun Nemorin and Rachelle Coe, Feb 2022
Supporting Student Wellbeing during COVID-19 Restrictions and Remote-learning – Deb’s Digest Term 4, 2021
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…
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 a multiethnic country…
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…
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…
We Need to Talk about Devices – Deb’s Digest Term 3, 2021
By Deb Gould Image source: pxfuel Initially, Nicole and I had flagged ‘gaming’ as this term’s topic. But, with the average gamer being 34 (Brand et al., 2019), this doesn’t really cover the concern that many of us have about young people in the online world. And, let’s…
Culturally and Therapeutically Savvy Engagement with Learners and their Families with Refugee Experience
By Rafik Tanious, School Liaison Counsellor/Project Officer Rural and Regional NSW, STARTTS Image credit: Steve Snodgrass 16 October 2020 How do we make education engage with the life-worlds of learners and families with refugee experience? One of the primary challenges…
Nercy Clarke on Supporting Students through Grief and Growth
By Maeve Galea Image Source: Sarah Horrigan, flikr ‘For young people with a refugee background, grief experiences could vary from having lost a close family member to grieving the loss of their country or grieving the loss of life as…
Suspensions and Expulsions in NSW Schools – Deb’s Digest Term 2, 2021
By Deb Gould Image credit: Abhinav Thakur (CCO) This is not a hints and tips piece; very far from it. Hopefully, it will stimulate reflection on the fact that 32,300 NSW public school students received short-term suspensions in 2018 with more than…
