Materials for Clinicians

AACAP Statements & Policies

AACAP Releases Letter Responding to ORR, ICE, for use of Confidential Therapy Notes in Cases Against Immigrant Minors
• AACAP Releases Letter Responding to ORR, ICE, for use of Confidential Therapy Notes in Cases Against Immigrant Minors - February 2020
• AACAP Opposes New Flores Rule - August 2019
• Separating Immigrant Children From Their Families - June 2018
• President's Statement: Separating Children from Families - May 2018

Advocacy

• AACAP Letter of Support to the Speaker of the House for the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act - July 2019
• AACAP Letter of Support to the House Judiciary and Homeland Security Committees for the Humanitarian Standards for Individuals in Customs and Border Protection Custody Act - June 2019
• AACAP Calls on HHS Secretary Azar to Provide Details on Mental Health Screening of Migrant Youth - April 2019
• AACAP Calls for Improved Conditions for Migrant Children and Pregnant Women - December 2018
• AACAP Reiterates Call for Immediate End to Separating Immigrant Children from Families - June 2018
• AACAP Calls for Swift Congressional Passage of the "Dream Act" - May 2018
• AACAP Statement on DACA Rescission - September 2017

Clinical Resources

• Sidhu, SS, Song, SJ, Growing Up With an Undocumented Parent in America: Psychosocial Adversity in Domestically Residing Immigrant Children, Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 2019
• Refugee Trauma

Promoting Refugees' Mental Health Videos

• English
• Arabic
• Spanish
• French
• Swahili
• Kinyarwanda
• Burmese

Legal Resources

• A Guide to Children Arriving at the Border: Laws, Policies and Responses
• Immigrant Child Health toolkit (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Leaving No Children or Families Outside: The Challenges of Immigration

Volunteer Opportunities

• President's Message: Organizations Working at the Border

Policy Recommendations

• Report of the ICE Advisory Committee on Family Residential Centers
• Report of the ICE Advisory Committee on Family Residential Centers - RECOMMENDATIONS ONLY*

Additional Peer Organization Resources

• Professional Societies’ Statement of Concern and Offer to Help Inform Protection and Care of Immigrant Children in Federal Custody (NHCVA)
• Providing Care for Children in Immigrant Families (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Detention of Immigrant Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Providing Care for Immigrant, Migrant, and Border Children (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• AAP Statement on Protecting Immigrant Children
• Minimizing Trauma and Maximizing Treatment for Migrant Children (National Council for Behavioral Health)
• Immigrant Child Health Toolkit (American Academy of Pediatrics)
• Addressing the Mental Health Problems of Border and Immigrant Youth (NCTSN)
• Trauma and Mental Health Needs of Immigrant Minors: Part One (NCTSN)
• Trauma and Mental Health Needs of Immigrant Minors: Part Two (NCTSN)
• NCTSN Resources Related to Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Trauma (NCTSN)
• Traumatic Separation and Refugee and Immigrant Children: Tips for Current Caregivers (NCTSN)