ABSTRACT
In reference to refugee children and young people the first thing surely would be communities' active participation as a whole, including local residents and community groups. Community engagement strategies may be deployed to hand some of the responsibility from the State to local communities and non-statutory organisations involving the dissemination and publication of good practice and useful projects in developing countries. Based on these strategies, the structure of services needs to take into consideration the characteristics of each individual child and the community the child is from, indeed the common culture and traditions, knowledge and the decisions that affect the child's life. The changing variables that impact the lives of refugees and asylum seeker children and young people as they try to resettle are important to take into account for the provision of services. The chapter looks at the consequences of trauma and the relevance of these in resilience, with a brief discussion about post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
