HOW?

 Refugee teacher consultation

 30-45 minutes per week

 6 to 7 individual consultant-teacher consultation meetings

 At the your school

 At a time convenient for the teachers, often after school

 Free

WHAT DOES REFUGEE TEACHER CONSULTATION INVOLVE?

• Our RRI consultants meet with each of your teachers to problem-solve a problem with any of your students.
• Together, the consultant and the refugee teacher figure out what the specific problem is.
• We figure out how it relates to the child's emotions, stress, and engagement in class.
• We plan a solution, or intervention, to help the problematic child learn to improve their emotion, stress, and behavior management, in addition to how they engage in class material.
• We share many possible activities as interventions
• Together, the teacher and consultant try out the intervention in class.
• We figure out if the intervention is effective, and improve the intervention, if needed.
• We also offer the teacher any emotional support, if needed.

WHO IS INVOLVED?

• Your teachers as consultees
• Our supervised RRI consultant interns
• One or two of your teachers as a "refugee school consultant" who helps lead the consultation (we train them during the first consultation meeting as co-consultants at your school)

In 2011 and 2013, RRI improved:

Refugee teacher confidence and knowledge

Refugee teacher self-care

Refugee school consultants and teachers will be paid for their time taking the pre- and post-RRI questionnaires, and for some teachers who participate in discussions about how RRI worked for them.