News and Publications

Find our publications and results of the project. Here you can read about news, scientific publications, policy recommendations, manuals, and reports.

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Manuals

RWS developed, implemented and evaluated five preventive, school-based interventions to promote the mental health of migrant and refugee youth in secondary schools in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. Every intervention had a manual to support and guide the work of those who wished to implement these programmes. We are thankful to the […]
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Newsletters

RefugeesWellSchool publishes biannual newsletters where you can read about the latest developments of the project. We announce events, resources, publications and many more there. You can subscribe to our newsletter here. You can also access the newsletters in the following links: Newsletter 3 Newsletter 2 Newsletter 1
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Effectiveness Report

We are very glad to share with you the RefugeesWellSchool report: Findings on how school-based interventions promote migrant and refugee adolescents’ well-being. The report shows the main findings of the RWS cross-national study that implemented five school-based preventive interventions – Welcome to School (WTS), Classroom Drama Workshops (CDW), Peer Integration and Enhancement Resource (PIER), In-Service […]
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Implementation Protocols

RWS developed, implemented and evaluated five preventive, school-based interventions to promote the mental health of migrant and refugee youth in secondary schools in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway, Sweden, and the UK. For each intervention, RWS researchers developed an implementation protocol that took into account the contextual features of the RWS study, as well as the […]
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Research article: Mental health of Refugee and Non-Refugee Migrant adolescents in schools in Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden

One of the aims of the RefugeesWellSchool project is to better understand the mental health profiles of migrant and refugee adolescents in secondary schools in Europe. In this article, the RWS team focused on the cases of Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Norway and Sweden. The team asked what role family separation, daily material stress and perceived […]
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Research article: The role of schools and teachers in promoting the mental wellbeing of refugee youth in Sweden

RWS has conducted focus group interviews with teachers in schools, and asked several questions around the mental health of refugee and migrant adolescents, and how schools promote wellbeing. The Swedish team explored the roles and challenges that teachers attributed to promoting mental health in Swedish schools. Results indicate that while teachers note the importance of […]
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Book chapter: The socio-ethical opportunities and dilemmas of doing ‘peer research’ in RWS in Denmark

In this book chapter, the Danish RWS team reflects on and discusses the socio-ethical opportunities and dilemmas of doing ‘peer research’ in RWS. They highlight the different roles and positions researchers took in the research process.* Know more here. *This description is based on the abstract of Primdahl, N. L., Nached, […]
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Research note: Discussing recruitment strategies of randomised control trials in Sweden

RWS applied a randomised control design in implementing its five interventions. In this research note, the Swedish team discusses the challenges of recruitment at the school level to mental health interventions targetting refugee youth in school contexts in Sweden.* Read the article here. *This description is based on Warner, G., Osman, F., McDiarmid, S., & […]
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Research article: Study protocol of RWS trial in Sweden (INSETT+TRT)

RWS implements five interventions that aim to promote mental health among migrant and refugee youth in school settings. One of the interventions is a combination of two programmes: Teaching Recovery Techniques (TRT) that is implemented with adolescents, and In-service Teacher Training (INSETT), addressing teachers to equip them with knowledge and skills for supporting refugee youth […]
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Research article: COVID-19 school closures and how teachers care for migrant and refugee youth in Denmark

COVID-19 presented with major challenges in education as schools were closed and interrupted practices in the classroom. RWS researchers set out to understand the challenges teachers faced during school closures when trying to stay in contact and support migrant and refugee learners. Teachers experienced many difficulties due to barriers learners faced with language and accessing […]
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Research article: Teachers’ caring practices for migrant and refugee youth in Denmark

The Danish team was interested in knowing how teachers’ care for their refugee and migrant learners at school. They found that teachers in their study made remarkable efforts to care, not only related to language teaching-learning. However, these teachers also often felt less prepared to respond to the complex psychosocial needs of migrant and refugee […]
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Research article: on the role of time and space in migrant and refugee adolescents’ caring practices at Danish schools

The Danish team explored newcomer refugee and immigrant adolescents’ caring practices in two classrooms for newcomers in Danish schools. The team found that time and space were important elements in shaping newcomers’ caring practices. RWS Denmark puts forward a novel conceptual approach to understanding school-based support for newcomer youth, and argues that newcomers’ wellbeing must […]

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