Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling Services for Refugee and Immigrant Adolescents
The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent a U.S. newcomer school for adolescent English language learners lacked adequate mental health services for immigrant students. School counseling professionals at this school sought data to advocate for additional mental...
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| description | The purpose of this study was to examine to what extent a U.S.
newcomer school for adolescent English language learners lacked adequate mental health
services for immigrant students. School counseling professionals at this school sought data
to advocate for additional mental health professionals without asking inappropriately
invasive questions about family legal immigration status. Leveraging the expertise of school
administrators, refugee resettlement experts, and university researchers yielded a creative
method for collecting student demographic information without violating student privacy.
Looking specifically at refugee students from high-conflict backgrounds (the “refugees
likely to have experienced distress” or “RED” variable) allowed researchers to pinpoint
psychosocial acculturation differences in comparison with other immigrant students. A survey
of students revealed differences in reported attitudes toward school and perceptions of
discrimination among refugees from high-conflict backgrounds compared to other immigrants
and refugees from lower-conflict backgrounds. Findings also supported the notion that
immigrant students were likely to have experienced trauma prior to enrolling in this school.
Results of this engaged scholarship allowed the resident school counselor to advocate
effectively for a full-time mental health counselor position for newly arrived secondary
students. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-feed0d3158c948c6b6d3e6a444dc88ec2025-08-20T03:16:21ZengBall State University LibrariesJournal for Social Action in Counseling and Psychology2159-81422018-12-0110110.33043/JSACP.10.1.38-61Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling Services for Refugee and Immigrant AdolescentsLisa Hoffman0Shifa Podikunju-Hussain1Melissa Fry2Indiana University SoutheastIndiana University SoutheastIndiana University SoutheastThe purpose of this study was to examine to what extent a U.S. newcomer school for adolescent English language learners lacked adequate mental health services for immigrant students. School counseling professionals at this school sought data to advocate for additional mental health professionals without asking inappropriately invasive questions about family legal immigration status. Leveraging the expertise of school administrators, refugee resettlement experts, and university researchers yielded a creative method for collecting student demographic information without violating student privacy. Looking specifically at refugee students from high-conflict backgrounds (the “refugees likely to have experienced distress” or “RED” variable) allowed researchers to pinpoint psychosocial acculturation differences in comparison with other immigrant students. A survey of students revealed differences in reported attitudes toward school and perceptions of discrimination among refugees from high-conflict backgrounds compared to other immigrants and refugees from lower-conflict backgrounds. Findings also supported the notion that immigrant students were likely to have experienced trauma prior to enrolling in this school. Results of this engaged scholarship allowed the resident school counselor to advocate effectively for a full-time mental health counselor position for newly arrived secondary students.https://openjournals.bsu.edu/jsacp/article/view/1471acculturationimmigrantsadolescentseducation |
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| title | Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling
Services for Refugee and Immigrant Adolescents |
| title_full | Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling
Services for Refugee and Immigrant Adolescents |
| title_fullStr | Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling
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| title_short | Seeing “RED” to Serve Students: An Example of Advocacy for Counseling
Services for Refugee and Immigrant Adolescents |
| title_sort | seeing red to serve students an example of advocacy for counseling services for refugee and immigrant adolescents |
| topic | acculturation immigrants adolescents education |
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