Welcome & Outcomes

After completing this session you should:

• have an overview of refugees* and the current refugee situation
• have thought through the likely experiences of refugees and the resulting impact these experiences may have had on them
• have a basic understanding of cultural implications for refugees and refugee workers, including the relevance of honour-shame cultures
• be familiar with terms around stress, trauma, and PTSD
• understand the effects of trauma on refugees, including aspects of resettlement stress

*Please note that the word ‘refugee’ is used throughout this course as a coverall for the whole process, to include displaced people, migrants, asylum seekers, and those who have received UNHCR refugee status.  There is more on this in the next session, Terminology.

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