Do refugee children need specialist help to enable them to cope?
The most important source of support for refugee children is their teachers. Showing an interest in their lives and experiences, and providing consistent care and support is usually more important and necessary than referrals to outside help. A child who is making steady progress in learning, in understanding and speaking English and in mixing with other children and who does not show persistent behavioural or emotional difficulties that interfere with learning or relations with others, should not give rise to concern. However, some children may well need specialist support (see below).
