Rebecca L. Thomas
The Right to Quality Education for Refugee Children Through Social Inclusion
University of Hartford|University of Connecticut
number refugees worldwide increased exponentially recent years children represent half refugee population needs refugee children complex many traumatic experiences disrupted education tasked adapting new culture literature emphasizes importance education determining future young refugees potential transform lives access article focus right education social inclusion refugee children school system human rights perspective author proposes schools play critical role helping refugee children find sense safety helping maximize learning potential human rights social inclusion approach requires active participation government school administration esl mainstream teachers social workers students parents refugee students parents community partner together create environment active learning socialization productive citizenry usa author maintains social work unique position suggests strategies facilitate broader effort toward social inclusion vital wellbeing refugee children allows become integral part society