MIGRANT CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS: Acculturation, Integration and Education

The aim of this book is to examine the positive practices and interventions in schools that are especially culturally sensitive and adopt multicultural education, by considering the migration experiences of children and adolescents in different contexts such as family, peers and school. For this purpose, the risks and protective factors that immigrant children and adolescents face in the process of acculturation and psycho-social adaptation, the effects of traumatic events, the language and mind development processes, which are one of the important building blocks of acculturation, the role of teachers and psychological counselors in creating a culturally sensitive school climate and multicultural education. and their responsibilities, the effect of intergroup contact on friendship relations in the school environment, and the intervention programs developed to prevent the academic, cognitive, social and emotional problems experienced by immigrant children are discussed in detail.
We aim for the book to appeal to a wide range of readers, from mental health professionals to educators, from social workers to non-governmental organizations, and from academics to students. In the hope that we can be useful to all children who migrate or have to migrate...