Reports on 3 workshops involving refugee children separated from their families that were conducted in Italy, Sweden, and The Netherlands as part of the Separated Children in Europe Programme (SCEP), a network of nongovernmental organizations dedicated to improving the situation of separated children in Europe. Workshop participants included 58 adolescents from Afghanistan, Albania, Angola, China, Congo, Ethiopia, Iran, Iraq, Morocco, Nigeria, Somalia, Sudan, and Togo. Factors contributing to the success of the workshops included participation by the young people in the process of the project, an informal approach to activities and events scheduled in residential settings to facilitate bonding among the young people, and collaboration with organizations that could support the young people in the future. Barriers to success included insufficient time to prepare events, lack of cooperation from other organizations and legal guardians, and delayed evaluations of the workshops. While the workshops maynot have reached the most vulnerable adolescents, such as those not in accommodation or without legal guardians, evidence suggests that agencies are starting to change their practices toward separated children.
