Best Practices for Representing Immigrant Children
Trauma-Informed Lawyering
Publications
- Trauma-Informed Legal Practices with Refugee/Immigrant Children and Families, Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago
- Questioning Unaccompanied Immigrant Children: Lessons from Developmental Science on Forensic Interviewing, Society for Research in Child Development (2019)
- Unaccompanied Migrant Children, National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN)
- Establishing a Trauma-Informed Lawyer-Client Relationship, American Bar Association (ABA), Child Law Practice Today
- Communicating with Youth Who Have Experienced Trauma, American Bar Association (ABA), Child Law Practice Today
- Medical Effects of Trauma: A Guide for Lawyers, American Bar Association (ABA), Child Law Practice Today
- Representing Child Abuse Victims: Forensic Interviewing Tips, American Bar Association (ABA), Child Law Practice Today
- Understanding Trauma and its Impact on Child Clients, American Bar Association (ABA), Child Law Practice Today
- The Child Interview. Practice Guidelines, Nobody’s Children Foundation
- Children Exposed to Violence: Tips for Agencies Working With Immigrant Families, U.S. Department of Justice, Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention
- Trauma-Informed Resources Specific to Immigrant or Refugee Populations, U.S. Department of Health & Human Services, Administration for Children and Families
Webinars
- Mental Health Evaluations for Immigrant Clients: From Your First Interview to the Merits Hearing, Houston Immigration Legal Services Collaboration
- Webinar: Developing a Trauma-Informed Consciousness for Legal Practitioners, Catholic Legal Immigration Network
- Webinar: A Trauma Informed Approach for Newcomer Immigrant Youth in the Juvenile Justice System, National Center for Youth Law
- Webinar: Trauma Informed Best Practices, National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
- NIJC 2019 Summer Asylum Series: Connecting with Clients Under Stress, National Immigrant Justice Center (NIJC)
- Keeping the Work Sustainable: The Inside & Out of Trauma Informed Practice, ABA Children’s Immigration Law Academy (CILA)
Overcoming Vicarious Trauma
- Trauma, Depression, and Burnout in the Human Rights Field: Identifying Barriers and Pathways to Resilient Advocacy, Columbia Human Rights Law Review
- ProQOL Pocket Card, Professional Quality of Life