Educational, developmental and psychological outcomes of resettled refugee children in Western Australia: A review of school of special educational needs: Medical and mental health input

Journal of Paediatrics and Child Health

Volumn 50, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 985-992

  Mace, Ariel Olivia ^a   Mulheron, Shani ^b   Jones, Caleb ^b   Cherian, Sarah ^a,c  

^a PRINCESS MARGARET HOSPITAL FOR CHILDREN   (Australia)

^b School of Special Educational Needs: Medical and Mental Health   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

child development; education; paediatric; refugee; trauma

Indexed keywords

ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT; ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CHILD; CHILD DEVELOPMENT; CHILD PSYCHIATRY; COMORBIDITY; DETENTION; EDUCATIONAL STATUS; FAMILY RELATION; FEMALE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; MIGRATION; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; POSTTRAUMATIC STRESS DISORDER; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; REFUGEE; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY; SPECIAL EDUCATION; EDUCATION; HEALTH SERVICE; MIGRANT; PRESCHOOL CHILD; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; QUESTIONNAIRE; SCHOOL; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

ADOLESCENT; CHILD; CHILD, PRESCHOOL; EDUCATION, SPECIAL; EMIGRANTS AND IMMIGRANTS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES NEEDS AND DEMAND; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; REFUGEES; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SCHOOLS; STRESS DISORDERS, POST-TRAUMATIC; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 84916207371     PISSN: 10344810     EISSN: 14401754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jpc.12674     Document Type: Article

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