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Settling In is a program for children and young people and Families in Cultural Transition (FICT) is a program for parents.

Settling In

Cost: $40 plus postage

Settling In is a group program for newly arrived refugee and migrant students which aims to help students adjust to life in Australia.

During the ten week program students:

  • Learn from each other
  • Have their feelings and reactions normalised
  • Learn coping strategies
  • Form good relationships.

Although it is most often used with school students, Settling In can be used in a range of situations.

Facilitators of the Settling In program should have significant experience in running groups, including experience in cross-cultural issues and in helping young people who have survived trauma.


The Settling In Kit contains:

  • A helpful facilitator introduction on how to implement the program
  • Introduction to the program for students and getting to know each other activities
  • Feelings about resettlement
  • Likes and dislikes about Australia and country of origin
  • Dealing with anger
  • Anxiety and depression
  • People and places that can help
  • Settling goals
  • Problem solving
  • Self esteem and personal strengths
  • Review and closure
  • Relaxation scripts
  • Evaluation sheets
  • Handouts for activities in the sessions

Translations of selected handouts in the following languages:

Arabic, Bosnian, Chinese, Croatian, Dari, Farsi, German, Hindi, Indonesian, Khmer, Korean, Lao, Russian, Samoan, Serbian, Somali, Spanish, Tamil, Vietnamese.

To order your copy of Settling In”, simply fill out the order form and send it or fax it with your cheque or money order to:

“Settling In” STARTTS, PO Box 203, Fairfield NSW 2165


Families in Cultural Transition

Cost: $165 plus postage

Families in Cultural Transition (FICT) is a group program for newly arrived refugee and migrant which aims to help adults adjust to life in Australia.

During the program participants:

  • Learn from each other
  • Have their feelings and reactions normalised
  • Learn about different family structures and roles
  • Find out about support services available to refugees and others
  • Form good relationships.

Facilitators of the FICT program should have good contacts with their community, have some experience in running groups and have a good knowledge of English (as well as their communities’ language/s). In some situations an interpreter can be used. They must also receive training in running the FICT program, either from STARTTS or another organisation experienced with FICT.

The FICT kit contains:

  • A helpful facilitator introduction on how to implement the programs
  • Introduction to the program for parents and getting to know each other
  • Support systems
  • Budgeting and finance
  • Trauma and healing
  • Families
  • Children
  • Gender
  • Youth
  • Enjoying the environment
  • Board games (temporarily unavailable as they are being updated) 
  • Handouts and overheads
  • Sample evaluation forms.

To order a copy of the FICT kit please fill in the attached order form or telephone 02 9794 1900. For more information about this program visit our FICT page.