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LPS strengthens trauma program to help refugee students

• Margaret Reist
• Jun 4, 2017
• Jun 4, 2017 Updated Sep 29, 2018
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A young woman from Afghanistan — a May graduate of Lincoln North Star — is among the first LPS students to get help dealing with the effects of trauma through a new program that trains therapists and interpreters to work with refugees.

• AMBER BAESLER, Journal Star

A Lincoln North Star student from Afghanistan holds a drawing she made, one of the ways she dealt with the effects of trauma since moving with her family to Lincoln. 

• AMBER BAESLER, Journal Star

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A young woman from Afghanistan — a May graduate of Lincoln North Star — is among the first LPS students to get help dealing with the effects of trauma through a new program that trains therapists and interpreters to work with refugees.

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