Refugee presentation
Transcript: Courtney Occupational Therapy Student Monash University PROGRAMS Impacts of trauma on youth refugees in Dandenong QUIZ OUTLINE: Population and Issue Impacts Models Youth development Trauma Occupational Therapist input Current Programs Comparing and critiquing programs Responding and recommendations References A Risk persecution for social group/ political opinion B Are not happy with their wages C Fear not returning to their country D Claim for refugee status has not yet been determined A refugee is someone who has left their country of nationality because they... Approximately how many refugees are there in the world? A 80 million B 21 million C 9 million D 1 million What are the main reasons for the large increase in the number of refugees globally? A War and conflict B Political persecution C Economic Crisis D Climate change What is the average time refugees were spending in a detention centre in Australia? A 12 days B 25 days C 82 days D 153 days ISSUE & MODELS " ...well founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group or political opinion, is outside the country of his nationality and is unable or, owing to such fear... not having a nationality and being outside the country of his former habitual residence as a result of such events, is unable or, owing to such fear, is unwilling to return to it ... " -Refugee Council of Australia, 2016 POPULATION NO ONE CHOOSES TO BE A REFUGEE POPULATION Recent figures show that “Half the world’s refugees” are children with young people now representing more than half of all victims of global armed conflict and those displaced -UNHCR, 2016 What percentage of the The City of Greater Dandenong is born overseas? A 12% B 22% C 42% D 64% In 4 years, how many refugees have resided in the Greater City of Dandenong? A 500 B 700 C 1800 D 2000 Census data released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics in 2017 revealed that Greater Dandenong is now the most culturally diverse community in Australia. Asylum Seeker and Refugee Communities Advisory Committee 6 areas of concern were identifed AREA 1: Social inclusion Why Dandenong? What does the Census tell us? No one puts their children in a boat, unless the water is safer than the land. MODEL Build Healthy Public Policy Strengthen Community Actions Create Supportive Environments Create Health Promoting Systems Develop Personal Capacities Refugees were considered in the 2016-17 Victorian State Budget Where is the funding going? UPSTREAM MIDSTREAM DOWNSTREAM Impacts Deprivation Inequality Alienation Marginalization Occupational Impact Occupational Impact DEVELOPMENT Erik Erikson's Stages of Development TRAUMA TRAUMA 'Immigrant youth life stressors include frequent environmental events or conditions that threaten physical, cognitive, and psychological health and may exacerbate existing vulnerabilities related to previous trauma exposure.' -Rettger, Kletter & Carrion, 2016 When can Trauma occur for Refugees? TRAUMA MODEL Naidoo, Wilkinson, Adoniou & Langat, 2018 TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT TYPES OF DEVELOPMENT Naidoo, Wilkinson, Adoniou & Langat, 2018. INPUT OF OCCUPATIONAL THERAPISTS " " An occupational therapy perspective considers an individual’s occupational role performance in their daily living activities. WHAT CAN BE DONE? -research -education -capacity building -systemic advocacy -promote conotions of occupational justices -speak up about occupational injustices -service provision -Promote human rights -refuse to collude with systemic violations -promoting recovery for communities Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture Refugee Council of Australia In the UK Schools in Dandenong PROGRAMS PROGRAM 1 Providing a range of services Working with client communities to improve their capacity to access the services they need and to enable them to support recovery Offering professional and organisational development, consultancy and resources Working with the Victorian and Commonwealth Governments to ensure that policies and programs regard to the needs refugees Conducting and contributing to research about the needs of people of refugee backgrounds -Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, 2016 Build Healthy Public Policy Strengthen Community Actions Create Supportive Environments Create Health Promoting Systems Develop Personal Capacities INTEGRATED TRAUMA RECOVERY SERVICE MODEL MODELS -Victorian Foundation for Survivors of Torture, 2016 -Run ‘Refugee Week’ -Quarterly teleconference meetings with representatives of the different stakeholder groups (universities, community organisations, students, schools, and Vocational Education and Training providers) across Australia (state/territory, metropolitan, regional/rural) -Sharing first hand experience through presentations -Hold symposia in different states and territories to share good practice, research findings and advocacy -making campaigns eg #EducationForAll campaign -School curriculum changes PROGRAM 2 Build