SESSION 3SESSION 3The Challenges of ResettlementThe Challenges of Resettlement

Hopes fulfilled or dreams Hopes fulfilled or dreams shattered…shattered…

Trauma can continue after Trauma can continue after resettlement. resettlement.

Settlement experiences can re-ignite Settlement experiences can re-ignite old traumas.old traumas.

Sometimes it creates new ones.Sometimes it creates new ones.

School can assist children and young School can assist children and young people to people to draw on their natural resilience. draw on their natural resilience.

The Challenges of The Challenges of ResettlementResettlement

Challenges include:Challenges include:

• Loss and griefLoss and grief

• Cultural adjustmentCultural adjustment

• Language difficultiesLanguage difficulties

• Adjusting to schoolAdjusting to school

Children In Kakuma Camp, KenyaChildren In Kakuma Camp, Kenya

Challenges include:Challenges include:

•Lack of community networksLack of community networks

•Social exclusion and racismSocial exclusion and racism

•Trauma of parents and familyTrauma of parents and family

•The compounding of traumaThe compounding of trauma

Refugee Girls In Refugee Girls In ResettlementResettlement

Refugee girls have different Refugee girls have different experiences and needs from boys.experiences and needs from boys.

They might They might not want to not want to talk to men talk to men about these about these problems.problems.

Children In DetentionChildren In Detention

At times teacher and counsellors will At times teacher and counsellors will have students who have been in have students who have been in Detention Centres in Australia.Detention Centres in Australia.

These children may experience additional These children may experience additional problems integrating into the School problems integrating into the School

CommunityCommunity

Children climb a tree in a refugee camp in eastern Chad to catch a glimpse of visiting United Nations humanitarian chief John Holmes. BBC World News 2007BBC World News 2007

Boys play football by battle-scarred buildings on a street in the Somali capital, Mogadishu, a day before heavy fighting broke out between pro-government forces and insurgents. BBC World News 2007 Photo: Jose Cendon/AFP