Educational and Socio-Psychological Needs of Internally Displaced Children in Ukraine

In 2014 the ongoing armed conflict in Ukraine forced thousands of people to
leave their homes and seek refuge elsewhere. The number of officially registered
internally displaced persons (IDPs) has exceeded 1.76 million. More than 300
thousand of them are children. The aim of the paper is to present the results
of sociological research “Study of socio-psychological needs of school-age
children, displaced from the Anti-Terrorist Operation Zone (ATO)”. Quantitative
and qualitative research methods, the survey of parents and teachers
who work with IDP children have been applied. Results show IDP children
do not have specific needs the satisfaction of which would require a separate
intervention. On the contrary, there is a need for maximum integration in the
social environment of the host community. The research was conducted within
the framework of the project “Integration Through Dialogue”, 2015–2017, with
the support of the European Commission.