Helping Immigrant and Refugee Students Achieve School Success

Immigrant and refugee students face challenges to learning beyond mastering a new language, including the loss and emotional trauma that can be part of their migrant experience. The difficulties these students face may lead to unidentified and untreated mental health issues.

The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools is sponsoring a webinar  entitled "Helping Immigrant and Refugee Students Achieve School Success." The webinar will highlight successful strategies for supporting the mental health needs of students, focusing on engaging their family members, often a close-knit and protective force in the children's lives.

The strategies which will be presented during this webinar were identified through the RWJF national program Caring Across Communities, which is a series of innovative partnerships among schools, mental health service providers and community organizations in 15 communities around the country.

Event date: Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Event time: 11am - noon PST, 2:00-3:00 p.m. EST

This event is a Webinar. To learn more about how to access the Webinar contact The Center for Health and Health Care in Schools at chhcs@gwu.edu, office: (202) 466-3396. Click here to register.