Summarizes the topics and conclusions of the Roundtable discussions, which took place during day two of The American Experience: A Summit to Promote the Well-Being of Arab and Muslim Youth. There were five simultaneous discussions: refugee orientation, behavioral needs of Arab/Muslim youth, interfaith efforts, and two Open Space discussions in which separate groups of Arab/Muslim teenage boys and teenage girls shared their experiences. Current programs to educate refugees need revision and should teach refugees new parenting methods, make sure that they know their civil rights, and guarantee that program staff possess proper skills. Topics meriting further research include aspects of mental health disorders, counseling techniques, impacts of the immigration process on immigrant children and families, and ways to shape public attitudes toward immigrants. Interfaith efforts, to be effective, must be sincere, feature age-appropriate activities, get beyond faith leaders, be built on personal relationships, and contribute to a sense of community. Youth participants in the Open Space discussions gave their perspectives on a variety of life issues: discrimination, integration versus assimilation, the need for more youth participation in program and service development, relationships with peers and parents, bullying, youth violence, drugs, and how they strive to integrate their family and religious values with U.S. cultural values and expectations.
