Impact of refugee trauma on children's occupational role as school students

Australian Occupational Therapy Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 1998, Pages 23-38

  Driver, Cathryn ^a   Beltran, Ruth O ^b  

^a Alice Betteridge School   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Children; Functional performance; New arrival; Occupational roles; Refugee trauma; School student

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ARTICLE; CHILD BEHAVIOR; CLINICAL ARTICLE; FEMALE; HANDWRITING; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; MALE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PARENT; PEDIATRICS; PSYCHOTRAUMA; REFUGEE; SCHOOL CHILD; SOCIAL INTERACTION; TEACHER;

EID: 0031909883     PISSN: 00450766     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1440-1630.1998.tb00779.x     Document Type: Article

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