Ask an Expert: Supporting Children & Families’ Mental Health and Wellbeing

Join the Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers, Beth Farmer, LCSW and Leena Zahra, MSc for a Q&A session about supporting children and families’ mental health and wellbeing.

This session will be an informal, discussion format. It will be an opportunity for participants to ask the experts any questions they have around mental health considerations for refugee families and children.

The Society of Refugee Healthcare Providers is hosting this Ask An Expert session in partnership with Switchboard.

About the Experts

Beth Farmer, LCSW
Beth Farmer is a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker with almost two decades of experience in providing clinical services and managing programs for refugees, asylum seekers, survivors of torture, and unaccompanied children. Beth was the PI on the project that developed the Refugee Health Screener-15, the first mental health screening tool developed for use with refugee populations resettling to the U.S. Beth has won numerous awards for her work including being recognized by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation as a Community Health Leader. Beth currently is the Senior Director for the Safety, Health and Education Technical Unit at the International Rescue Committee, which provides support to more than 30 programs across the U.S. and Europe.

Leena Zahra, MSc
Leena Zahra is a Program Officer for the IRC & CARRE (Center for Adjustment, Resilience & Recovery), and a Syrian American social impact strategist. With over ten years of strategic humanitarian community outreach, program management and advocacy experience, she has worked with small to large scale Nonprofits, NGOs, and government agencies like the World Food Program (WFP), International Rescue Committee (IRC UK), Karam Foundation, and U.S. Senate. She has a Master’s in International Development and Humanitarian Emergencies from the London School of Economics (LSE), focused on elevating community voices and reshaping narratives around global displacement.

Please submit your questions ahead of time through the registration form or by emailing hello@refugeesociety.org.