APS
29th APS Annual Convention · 2017
Needs Assessment Informing Policy and Capacity Building Initiatives: Trauma-Informed Services for Refugee/Immigrant Children and Families
- Rebecca Ford-Paz
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Univ - Claudio Rivera
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago, Northwestern Univ - Colleen Cicchetti
Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago
Abstract
Data will be presented from a needs assessment targeting professionals specializing in serving refugee/immigrant youth and those who have more coincidental contact with this population. Findings are currently informing policy and advocacy efforts, including initiatives to build community providers’ capacity to provide culturally competent, trauma-informed services to refugee/immigrant youth.
Public Policy