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Peer reviewedOwen, Carol L.; English, Meme – Child Welfare, 2005
The authors' reflect on the challenges and rewards of partnering as casework supervisors with bilingual and bicultural newcomer paraprofessionals in resettlement work with refugee youth. Such individuals are generally recruited for their linguistic abilities and cultural knowledge, but they can lack formal clinical training or licensing…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Bilingualism, Refugees, Immigrants
