The Syrian conflict and war has contributed to the largest refugee crisis in recent history. Many refugees are seeking protection and safety for their family. This article discusses the context of the Syrian refugee crisis and how a group of social work faculty members are responding by supporting the resettlement of a Syrian refugee family in Canada. Private sponsorship options, grassroots activities, and the role of social work in resettlement are discussed. This article concludes with a call to action for social workers to strengthen their support and involvement in the resettlement of refugees.

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One-, 2-. and 3-factor solutions for the WAIS-R normative samples were examined using principal components analysis with varimax rotations. Factors were examined across age groups by computing congruence coefficients and root mean square differences to determine the equivalence and consistency of factors across age groups. There is strong evidence for the general (g) and 2-factor (verbal and perceptual organization) solutions but noticeably less support for memory/freedom from distractibility in the three-factor solution. Verbal and perceptual organization factors were also attenuated in the three-factor solution. One and 2-factor solutions were essentially equally justifiable but because the 1-factor solution was weighted most heavily with verbal measures, the 2-factor solution may be advantageous because this solution does distinguish between verbal and performance measures.

The current research examined importance ratings by adolescent offenders of immediate antecedents to their offenses. One hundred and fifteen adolescent offenders consecutively admitted to an inpatient psychiatric unit for court-ordered assessment completed the High Risk Situations Questionnaire for Young Offenders (HRSQ-YO), an instrument designed to assess the self-reported importance of various antecedents to a past, highly salient, offense. Principal components analysis of responses to the 71 items of the HRSQ-YO resulted in three factors which were rotated to a varimax criterion and labelled Negative Affectivity, Delinquency, and Aggressivity. Delinquency factor scores were significantly higher for property offenses than for violent offenses, whereas Aggressivity factor scores were significantly higher for violent offenses than for property offenses. Negative Affectivity factor scores did not differ between property and violent offenses. Implications of the results for relapse prevention approaches to the reduction of recidivism among adolescent offenders are discussed.

We describe a novel high risk recognition program aimed at reducing recidivism among the heterogeneous young offender population. The program is based on cognitivebehavioural relapse prevention programs for adult sexual offenders. Young offenders identify risk factors or "warning signs" for various forms of offending behaviour based on their analysis of past criminal acts. They then generate strategies for coping with future recurrence of these risk factors. We consider the potential utility and applicability of such an intervention and make recommendations for researching the technique.