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Supporting Your Child Socially & Emotionally
1) Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services (BRYCS) is a national technical assistance program working to broaden the scope of information and collaboration among service providers in order to strengthen services to refugee children, youth, and their families. On this site, you will find guides for parenting in a new country, guides for discussing sensitive subjects with your children, free webinars, among other extremely useful articles and resources. Many of these resources are translated to several languages.
2) The International Rescue Committee (IRC) resettles many refugees each year. Their mission is to help people whose lives and livelihoods are shattered by conflict and disaster to survive, recover, and regain control of their future. On this site, you will find more information on the lives of refugees and how the IRC works with them regarding health, safety, education, economic wellbeing, and power. Their office in Elizabeth, NJ also offers various services for the immigrant and refugee community.
3) Colorín Colorado is the premier national website serving educators and families of English language learners (ELLs) in Grades PreK-12. Colorín Colorado has been providing free research-based information, activities, and advice to parents, schools, and communities around the country for more than a decade.