QUE-PODEMOS-HACER - ROLES FOR SCHOOL-PSYCHOLOGISTS WITH MEXICAN AND LATINO MIGRANT CHILDREN AND FAMILIES

The economic and health situations of Mexican and Latino migrant farmw orkers and their children are severe, yet employment continues to be a vailable and migration substantial. Recent public policy initiatives a t both state and federal levels have increased the stress they experie nce. For school psychologists, questions persist about how best to sup port the learning and mental health of children and families engaged i n migrant farmwork. This literature review includes social and cultura l information needed by school psychologists serving migrant children and families, examples of successful school-based programs, and implic ations for public policy and practice.