Due to psychological and social problems with a many refugee and asylum seeking children, schools expressed their need for special supporting programmes. Therefore, Pharos developed several school programmes for these children, in cooperation with psychotherapists, art therapists, counsellors and other professionals. Moreover, Pharos developed trainings for tea-chers to improve their competence in supporting children. A premise in these programmes is that schools potentially offer an environment in which supportive factors can be strengthen-ed. Over a period of several years, these programmes were adjusted on the basis of evaluations and described in manu-als. Pharos also published an English manual: ‘The Pharos School Prevention programmes; good practice in mental health and social care provisions for asylum seekers and refugees. (De Ruuk, 2002).



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