Refugee Assessment Practices and Cultural Competency Training

Dana, Richard H.

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“…The trauma framework usually sits within a Western counselling context, which further complicates its cross-cultural application (Dana, 2007;Hoshmand, 2007;Summerfield, 2000). For example, Amman believes that when he is troubled, he should approach a senior family member for advice and emotional or material support.…”

Section: The Trauma Frameworkmentioning

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Integrating Human Rights and Trauma Frameworks in Social Work with People from Refugee Backgrounds

Zubrzycki

Nelson²,

Price³

2013

Australian Social Work

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Social work practice informed by human rights and trauma frameworks can be empowering and enabling. While both frameworks are complex and contested, their implementation ''from below'' via praxis can maximise benefits for social work with people who have experienced trauma and human rights abuses, such as those from refugee backgrounds. This article presents an exploration of this practice approach through the presentation of the story of Zillah and Amman, a fictionalised composite of many real refugee experiences. Taking as examples the education and child protection systems, the discussion highlights how theory to practice integration requires cross-cultural engagement, critical reflection, dialogue, and an understanding of human rights ''from below''.

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Integrating Human Rights and Trauma Frameworks in Social Work with People from Refugee Backgrounds

Zubrzycki

Nelson²,

Price³

2013

Australian Social Work

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“…In reference to Canada, Duran and Dana (1995, as cited in France, del Carmen Rodriguez, & Hett, 2004) state that, "[C]ontemporary service delivery is still failing not only First Nations but other ethnic groups as well…Most providers are trained only in delivering services to the majority/dominant population". Dana (2007) outlines the lack of knowledge of the cultures of origin of immigrants and refugees in service provision. Therapeutic encounters with asylum seekers and accepted refugees in the West are usually "pluricultural" or "cross-cultural" in nature, and require that professionals possess an astute awareness, understanding, and sensitivity to their own cultural location and biases, to the culture of origin of their clients, the conditions that led to migration, and the challenges of acculturation.…”

Section: Incorporation Of Cultural Knowledge Into Work With Refugees mentioning

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Approaches to Counselling Resettled Refugee and Asylum Seeker Survivors of Organized Violence

Tomasso

2010

IJCYFS

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The number of resettled refugees and asylum claims in minority world countries continues to grow. Some of the individuals and families who arrive in Western countries through the refugee process are survivors of organized violence. Despite the recognition in destination countries that counselling resettled survivors of organized violence necessitates a sensitive and responsible approach, the mental health field is polarized about responsible practice. An increasing number of mental health professionals challenge Western biomedical approaches to counselling, and seek to disrupt dominant notions of trauma and disorder. This article is a review of the literature on the topic of refugee mental health, the current debate in the field, and how this has led to divergent approaches to working with survivors of organized violence.

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“…Many of these individuals have survived severe trauma related to experiences such as imprisonment, torture, interpersonal violence, war, famine, female genital mutilation, and other human rights violations (Dana, 2007). Accordingly, displaced persons are particularly vulnerable to trauma-related symptomatology including posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression, and anxiety.…”

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“…Thus, immigrants with histories of trauma present a unique set of challenges for mental health professionals seeking to provide treatment and assessment services to this growing population. Individuals facing resettlement in the United States may require psychological assessment for a variety of purposes, but psychological assessments related to immigration court proceedings are particularly challenging as evaluators are commonly asked to assess and diagnose individuals from disparate cultures within the context of highly consequential court hearings (Dana, 2007).…”

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Assessing “credible fear”: A psychometric examination of the Trauma Symptom Inventory-2 in the context of immigration court evaluations.

Filone¹,

DeMatteo²

2017

Psychological Assessment

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Recent immigration trends indicate that the United States is home to a remarkably diverse and rapidly growing population of displaced persons. Many of these individuals have survived exceptional trauma and are thus particularly vulnerable to trauma-related behavioral health disorders. Mental health professionals are commonly asked to assess immigrants within this population in the service of immigration court decision making. These assessments present a variety of challenges for clinicians, including the assessment and documentation of trauma-related symptoms across cultural bounds. The Trauma Symptom Inventory-2 (TSI-2) may be uniquely suited to the demands of immigration court assessments, but it has not been previously examined in a culturally diverse sample. The current study provided an examination of the TSI-2 within a sample of immigrants with histories of trauma. De-identified TSI-2 data were drawn from several clinicians' existing immigration assessment files. Reliability and standardization sample comparison results indicated that the TSI-2 exhibits sufficient internal consistency within this population, and that immigrants with histories of trauma generally respond similarly to individuals in trauma-specific clinical samples (with several notable exceptions). Specific clinical implications are discussed. (PsycINFO Database Record

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Refugee Assessment Practices and Cultural Competency Training

Cited by 8 publications

References 68 publications

Integrating Human Rights and Trauma Frameworks in Social Work with People from Refugee Backgrounds

Integrating Human Rights and Trauma Frameworks in Social Work with People from Refugee Backgrounds

Approaches to Counselling Resettled Refugee and Asylum Seeker Survivors of Organized Violence

Assessing “credible fear”: A psychometric examination of the Trauma Symptom Inventory-2 in the context of immigration court evaluations.

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