Forming Healthy Helping Relationships

Forging trusting relationships with newcomer populations fosters safety, belonging, and empowerment, enabling them to share their stories, access support, and navigate their new lives with confidence and hope. Here are a few resources to aid in the relationship-building process.

Articles

• Being An Ally/Building Solidarity - Southerners on New Ground

• Building Rapport - Effective Communication | SkillsYouNeed

• The Mentoring Relationship Cycle - Clarke County Mentoring Program

TRAUMA-INFORMED CARE

Understanding trauma-informed care is crucial when working with refugees and immigrant populations, acknowledging their vulnerability to trauma, and prioritizing safety, respect, and empowerment. This approach fosters trust and resilience, mitigating re-traumatization risks and promoting resiliency. Here are resources that provide more context on the importance of trauma-informed care and how to prioritize this model in your interactions with clients.

Articles

• Improving Well-Being for Refugees in Primary Care: A Toolkit for Providers | The Center for Victims of Torture

  In this resource, the Center for Victims of Toutrue highlights possible problems, solutions, challenges, and strengths that may arise when refugee patients and U.S. healthcare providers collaborate.

  Check out these recommended excerpts:
  Chapter 2: Refugee Experience (pg. 14)
  Chapter 7: Working with Interpreters (pg. 105)
  Chapter 10: Mitigating Secondary Trauma (pg.153)

• Trauma-Informed Care for Displaced Populations | American Institutes for Research

  This resource by the American Institutes for Research guides trauma-informed care and provides insight into the adjustment issues faced by refugee and immigrant populations.

  Check out these recommended excerpts:
  Section One: Understanding the Needs of Displaced Populations (pg. 6)
  Section Two: Providing Trauma-Informed Care (pg. 17)

Children + Families

• Trauma-Informed Care of Immigrant and Refugee Children Webinar | National Health Collaborate on Violence and Abuse, American Academy of Pediatrics Immigrant Health Special Interest Group

• Trauma-Informed Care for Refugees and Children Webinar | Futures Without Violence

• Creating a Welcoming and Healing Environment for Newly Arriving Afghan Children and Families - Switchboard

• Moving Beyond Trauma: Child Migrants and Refugees in the United States | Child Trends

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