Objective: This study aims to further our understanding of the ways in which a complexity of challenge -including lack of proficiency in English, social isolation, discrimination, structural economic problems, and mental health challenges- impact refugee youth who are experiencing or have experienced interrupted schooling.

Justification: ISANS has observed that many of the refugee youth they serve face significant challenges and have experienced interrupted schooling, defined as not being able to attend school for a period that may var from a few months to years, due to war, civil unrest, migration, or financial pressures.

Practical goal: This study will develop evidence-based promising practices for educational institutions and settlement associations to better assist youth in attaining uninterrupted formal education, inform policy, and contribute to literature about refugee youth and education.

Primary audience: Educators, service providers, policy makers, refugee youth and their families