Daily Stressors of Internally Displaced Children in Somaliland

Fostering Agency in Refugees through Digital Storytelling

Solution Focused Art Therapy among refugee children

Treatment for Childhood Refugee Trauma

The research article I chose to write a review about is titled Treatment for childhood…

Humor and Resiliency Article Review

UTNS 5144 Blog Post #2

Mental Health in Somaliland

This semester, my working group and I have been collaborating with Fatumo Abdi Abdillahi, and a student panel of “mental health ambassadors” in Somaliland. Before I became a part of this group, I knew very little about Somaliland as a place, and nothing about the mental health of…

Voices from the Youth in Kenya Addressing Mental Health Gaps and Recommendations

Play Therapy & Psychological First Aid

I selected the paper titled Play Therapy Practice, Issues, and Trends by Homeyer and…

Trauma Among Kenyan Adolescents

Ndetei et al. (2007) conducted a cross-sectional study investigating rates and causes of post-traumatic…

High school counselling in Kenya

In order to gain more insight on the work my group is doing with FamConnect in Kenya, I read Grace Wambu and Scott Wickman’s 2015 research paper titled “School Counselor Preparation in Kenya: Do Kenyan School Counselors Feel Adequately Prepared to Perform Their Roles?”…