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Bridging Refugee Youth and Children’s Services (BRYCS) provides national technical assistance to organizations serving refugees
and immigrants so that all newcomer children and youth can reach their potential.

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Strong Roots and Bright Futures: Promoting Successful Adjustment for Refugee Youth

On February 8 from 12:30-1:30PM EST, BRYCS and RHTAC will co-host a Webinar on refugee youth. Registration is now open!

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BRYCS BRIEFS (Winter 2011)

Building Strong Refugee Families & Communities

Strong families and communities are essential to the long-term success of refugee children. Having the support and guidance of parents and co-ethnic communities helps refugee children draw healthy values and a positive identity from their ethnic heritage, while both parents and children also adapt to their new lives in the U.S. BRYCS' research-to-practice resources can be used by refugees to learn about U.S. child-rearing expectations, develop parent support groups, and to help service providers create effective strengths-based programming. For key resources on this topic, visit BRYCS' Family Strengthening page.

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UPCOMING WEBINAR

"Strong Roots and Bright Futures: Promoting Successful Adjustment for Refugee Youth"

On Wednesday, February 8, 2012 from 12:30-1:30 PM EST BRYCS will co-sponsor a Webinar with RHTAC. Lyn Morland, MSW, MA, BRYCS, Heidi Ellis, PhD, Center for Refugee Trauma and Resilience, Boston Children's Hospital & Dina Birman, PhD, BRYCS Consultant and Associate Professor from the Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago will present on the risk and protective processes most critical to refugee youth adjustment and the elements of programming most effective in promoting the resilience and successes of refugee youth. Q&A time and practical resources will be provided. Register now >

PROMISING PRACTICES

Get new ideas, share your promising practice, and read about other refugee-serving programs across the country!


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