Practical strategies to increase resilience in young children from refugee backgrounds

Abstract

"A recent study conducted in Queensland found that refugee families experienced limited participation in early childhood services, with reasons for exclusion being poverty, limited language rights, systemic racism, cultural divergence between home and early childhood settings, and trauma (Lamb, 2020). This article focuses on understanding trauma and its impacts on young children and increasing utilisation of sensorimotor experiences to promote resilience and inclusion for children from refugee backgrounds in early childhood settings."