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Shaun Nemorin STARTTS
Sporting Linx: An effective bio-psychosocial systemic intervention for
refugee youth in schools.
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Today’s Presentation
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1. Why Sports?
2. Sporting Linx Project and Aims
3. Outcomes: A bio-psychosocial systemic intervention
4. Reflection
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Sporting Linx: An effective bio-psychosocial systemic intervention for refugee youth in schools.
- Traumatic events have primary effects not only on the psychological structures of the self but also on the systems of attachment and meaning that link individual and Community
- The fundamental stages of recovery are establishing safety, reconstructing the trauma story, and restoring the connection between survivors and their community (Herman 1992)
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Social Capital Building
Build bridges for individuals and groups to the wider community
Facilitate access to community resources and power structures
Foster individual self-confidence and cultural self-esteem
Why Sports?
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Positive Behaviour Modelling or Mentoring
Positive relationships between participants, group facilitator, counsellors and school faculty
Positive behaviour support strategies that promote positive connections with workers to assist in ameliorating the effects of negative experiences and to minimise the possibility of re-traumatisation.
Why Sports?
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Positive Behaviour Modelling or Mentoring (cont)
Rhodes (2002)
1. Enhance youth’s social relationships and emotional wellbeing.
2. Improvising cognitive skills through instruction and conversation
3. Promoting positive identity development through serving as role models and advocates
Why Sports?
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Cognitive Behavioural approach
Goal setting
Psycho-education
Grounded, centred, focussed
Standing strong
Why Sports?
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Asset Based Community Development (ABCD)
Focus on strengths.
Level playing field vis-à-vis host community
Providing an opportunity for recognition, impacting on self esteem.
Why Sports?
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Sporting Linx: Project Aims
To increase engagement of participants with each other and the community.
Modelling and practise of appropriate behaviour and attitudes toward sport and increased interpersonal skills
Highlight the importance of healthy lifestyles and relationships.
Highlight goal setting as a pathway to success.
Highlight Leadership skills
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In School Program
FACS funded
2011 inception
5 schools covered across Holroyd, Blacktown and Auburn councils
Sporting Linx Project
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In School Program (cont)
8-week (min) clinic in a stakeholder selected sport Professional coaches and community volunteers to bothcoach and mentor participants
A focus on:
game play, healthy lifestyle sportsmanship.Interpersonal Skills, Goal Setting
This creates the opportunity to identify and foster leadership potential.
Sporting Linx Project
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Leadership Camp
Participants who have been identified as showing leadership potential and community spirit are invited to attend.
Camp provides the opportunity to gain:
Coaching skills (formal certification)Refereeing skills (formal certification)Understand and develop leadership ability
Sustainability
Sporting Linx Project
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Bio-Psychosocial Systemic Model
Mainstream Society and InstitutionsRefugee Community
FamilyIndividual
Support NetworkTrauma
Interventions
BioPsycho
Social
RECOVERY
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Systemic (evaluation outcomes)
Individual
Access to Community development workers Access to Counsellors
Social
Access to team activities ( participation in competitions)Greater access to social/community support structures
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Systemic (Evaluation outcomes)
Refugee communities
Access to Inter school or Community activitiesLinking refugee communities with mainstream service providers and funding bodiesCommunity run events/programsGreater cross cultural understanding within local sport and community organizations
Organizational Access
School trainingDept Sport and RecreationLiaison, support and consultancy
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Reflection
Need to professionalise sports as a psychosocial tool and tool for social inclusion. Infinite anecdotal evidence (evaluation processes)
The incredible success of sport as a tool for community development within an Australian context.
Sporting Linx: Reflection
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