This guide has been designed for use by school communities, counsellors and specialist refugee counselling and support agencies as a resource for offering the “Rainbow Program,” which is a school-based approach to providing support to refugee children and their families. It is designed so that it can be offered by schools with the support of a counselling agency working with people from refugee backgrounds. Rather than focussing on children and families who have been identified as requiring more intensive professional support, it is an early intervention measure designed for delivery to children and families soon after their arrival in a settlement country. Its main aim is to make a positive contribution to the settlement of children from refugee backgrounds.
