Learning about refugee and asylum issues (for all staff)

• Future Learn online course for volunteers working with people from refugee backgrounds.
• Human Rights: The Rights of Refugees Take an edX course to support your teaching. Amnesty International
• Teaching about refugees. UNHCR
• My Bright Kite This organisation provides training for institutions working with children from refugee backgrounds and  workshops about personal lived experience as refugees

Best practice in schools: Supporting the needs of students from refugee backgrounds

• UNHCR advice for teachers on including students from refugee background in the classroom covers areas such as stress, trauma and language acquisition. Case studies
• ‘Best practice’ advice on supporting refugee children from SecEd
• Clear and practical advice from the Children’s Society
• Refugee Week also suggests a number of books about how to incorporate refugee and asylum issues into the curriculum. Look under ‘Further Resources’.
• Access to Education article covering the differences in the UK from the Asylum Information Database
• Government (England) guidance on handling applications from overseas children
• Coping Skills for Kids General mental health advice on anxiety, stress and anger
• Health and Wellbeing – Learn how to Learn My Way – Free courses on using a computer, browsing the web, sending an email and finding work online to make doctors appointments online, order repeat prescriptions and find advice on specific health conditions