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"The emotional, social and learning needs of students from refugee backgrounds who attend NSW public schools will be more effectively met and their leaders and teachers better supported if NSW adopts and integrates into present programs some of the successful refugee education programs, strategies and practices operating in two other states and two other countries ... The purpose of the study was to: identify programs, strategies and practices that have been successfully implemented in a range of NSW primary and secondary schools, and in some Victorian, Tasmanian, Canadian and Finnish primary schools and high schools to assist students from refugee backgrounds achieve high-quality emotional, social and learning outcomes ; develop a set of interrelated best-practice programs, strategies and practices that, if adopted, would assist NSW students from refugee backgrounds achieve outstanding emotional, social and learning outcomes ; identify school leader and teacher professional development opportunities and resources that could be provided to NSW school leaders and teachers to further develop their knowledge, skills and abilities to assist students from refugee backgrounds achieve outstanding emotional, social and learning outcomes." - p. 9. "The emotional, social and learning needs of students from refugee backgrounds who attend NSW public schools will be more effectively met and their leaders and teachers better supported if NSW adopts and integrates into present programs some of the successful refugee education programs, strategies and practices operating in two other states and two other countries ... The purpose of the study was to: identify programs, strategies and practices that have been successfully implemented in a range of NSW primary and secondary schools, and in some Victorian, Tasmanian, Canadian and Finnish primary schools and high schools to assist students from refugee backgrounds achieve high-quality emotional, social and learning outcomes ; develop a set of interrelated best-practice programs, strategies and practices that, if adopted, would assist NSW students from refugee backgrounds achieve outstanding emotional, social and learning outcomes ; identify school leader and teacher professional development opportunities and resources that could be provided to NSW school leaders and teachers to further develop their knowledge, skills and abilities to assist students from refugee backgrounds achieve outstanding emotional, social and learning outcomes." - p. 9.