Core Concepts in Working with Children and Adolescents from Refugee Backgrounds, 19 September 2025

WHAT YOU’LL LEARN

🧠 Understand Refugee Trauma and Development

Explore how refugee trauma impacts the developing brain, attachment, and emotional regulation — and how this shows up in behaviour, learning, and relationships.

🌍 Recognise the Systemic and Cultural Context

Learn about the systemic violence and forced displacement that shape refugee experiences, and how to embed cultural safety into your daily practice.

👪 Work with Families Systemically

Understand how trauma affects family systems and parenting, and develop strategies for engaging with families in culturally responsive, respectful ways.

🧒 Support Child and Adolescent Recovery

Gain skills to foster safety, trust, emotional regulation, and resilience in children and young people impacted by trauma and loss.

🎓 Engage Effectively in Education and Care Settings

Learn how schools, youth services, and other support systems can either support recovery — or unknowingly retraumatise — and how to respond constructively.

🤝 Collaborate and Refer Effectively

Explore how to develop meaningful partnerships, understand referral pathways (including STARTTS), and implement a shared-care approach.

🛡️ Prevent Burnout and Vicarious Trauma

Build awareness of the signs of vicarious trauma, and strengthen your personal and professional self-care practices to sustain this important work.

WHO SHOULD ATTEND

This workshop is ideal for:

• Youth workers and case managers
• Teachers, school wellbeing staff and IEC educators
• Allied health and medical professionals
• Refugee health and community workers
• Social workers and psychologists
• Volunteers and peer mentors
• Anyone supporting refugee-background children and families

FORMAT AND INCLUSIONS

• ✅ Online and in-person delivery
• ✅ Facilitated by an experienced trauma-informed practitioner
• ✅ Includes interactive activities, real-life scenarios, and skill practice
• ✅ Claim 6 CPD points
• ✅ Receive a certificate of completion
• ✅ Receive a PDF of the workshop slides

TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Payment of the registration fee is online by credit card and a receipt/confirmation will be automatically emailed to you. An administration fee of $30 applies to all cancellations made more than 14 days the day before the start of the event. Registration once paid cannot be cancelled 14 days or less the day before the start of the event, regardless of personal circumstances. Registration can be transferred to another delegate only if STARTTS is informed of the name change. Registration cannot be transferred to another workshop. The concession price is for full-time students, seniors and the unemployed. A photocopy or pdf of a valid concession card must be forwarded to the STARTTS training team upon registration. Registrations will not be confirmed until full payment is received. The deadlines for the early bird and standard prices cannot be extended. Sometimes STARTTS will need to change the trainer of a particular workshop. The STARTTS Training Team can be contacted at [email protected] or (02) 9646 6700.