The present study introduces systematic data on the cognitive and linguistic abilities of
refugee children. We tested 9–10 year-old Syrian refugee children (N= 25) on their cognitive …

War trauma is often accompanied by poor living conditions in the new environment in a
manner preserving or even deteriorating the negative influences of war. Several researchers …

Each year, approximately 60,000 children of refugee background are resettled in Western
countries. This paper reviews the effects of the refugee experience on cognitive functioning …

Research on the bilingual development of refugee children is limited, despite this group
having distinct characteristics and migration experiences that could impact language …

This study focuses on the association between language skills and core cognitive processes
relative to the duration of institutionalization in children adopted from orphanages abroad …

Since 2015, more than 58,000 Syrian refugees have settled in Canada and, at the time of
the 2016 national census, more than a fifth had settled in the province of Quebec. The rising …

Canada has resettled more than 57,000 Syrian refugees since 2015 (Government of
Canada, 2017). However, little is known about refugee children's language and literacy …

Little is known about the language acquisition of refugees in Western countries. This study
examines how pre-and post-migration characteristics of refugees are related to their second …

The paper compares several generational groups of Turkish children in Germany with
respect to cognitive skills and German language skills at an early age. Empirically, children …

This study discusses issues around the integration of Syrian refugee children into the
Turkish school system by using the case study of a secondary school in the city of Gaziantep …