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Trauma Kind: Refugee and Settlement Place

trauma kind: The Current Syrian refugee children learn to be kids again in Canada Canada caught off guard by number of Syrian refugee children, says federal minister Stewart, who wrote the book Supporting Refugee Children Strategies for Educators, has embarked on a new study to get a handle on what special mental health needs the refugee students have, and how schools can best support their students, according to CBC. The issue of trauma in the students' past whether it was in Syria or also in Lebanon, we're seeing that the trauma kind of carries to the settlement place where they're trying to deal with some of those issues, Stewart said. More than 20,000 of the Syrian refugees who have settled in Canada are under the age of 18, and the trials for teachers range from language barriers to trauma, according to Jan Stewart, a professor in the faculty of education at the University of Winnipeg. And really, we're struggling in classrooms to find out how best we can support these students and how can we provide teachers the background information they need. CBC Students who have experienced trauma may not want to talk about what they've been through, and Stewart said mental health issues can carry a stigma. Syrian refugee students gain confidence in Winnipeg classrooms Syrian refugee students learn English at Victoria Albert School in Winnipeg. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.