The mental health of refugee children in Australia

Episode 26 February 15, 2020 00:21:46
The mental health of refugee children in Australia
Emerging Minds Podcast
The mental health of refugee children in Australia

Feb 15 2020 | 00:21:46

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Show Notes

How are children from refugee backgrounds faring in terms of their social and emotional wellbeing? Tune into this conversation with Dr Sonia Terhaag to find out what the Building a New Life in Australia: The Longitudinal Study of Humanitarian Migrants can tell us about this. Sonia has worked in research for more than ten years in Canada and Australia and currently works on various national longitudinal research studies at the Australian Institute of Family Studies. In this episode you will learn:   Further information and resources:

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