VOLUNTEER APPLICATION

• Click to download
• E-mail completed application to Karen@pairhouston.org

VOLUNTEER COMMITMENT SURVEY

• Must be completed to commit/recommit to programs each semester.
• Select only one program day unless you intend to commit to volunteer consistently on multiple days.
• Review our volunteer attendance policy included in the form and submit the form only if you intend to adhere to our policy. If you are not yet able to make this commitment and have questions, please e-mail Karen@pairhouston.org.
• Click to complete: PAIR Spring 2012 Commitment Form

IN-PERSON TRAINING

• PAIR holds a MANDATORY volunteer training once per semester. Our spring 2012 training dates have passed, and new volunteers must complete makeup training. Please e-mail Karen@pairhouston.org for more information.

TRAINING VIDEOS

• External: "US Refugee Program 101" by the International Rescue Committee
• Internal: PAIR Fall 2011 Volunteer Training Video (guest speaker portion)*
Featured: Peter Stranges, PhD (Supervisor of Refugee Resettlement at Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston)
Topic: refugee resettlement process
*Password Protected; contact Karen@pairhouston.org if you are a current volunteer.
• Internal: PAIR Spring 2011 Volunteer Training Video (guest speaker portion)*
  part 2: Volunteer Q & A*
Featured: Rosalie Hyde, (LCSW, LMFT, Co-Founder, Houston-Galveston Trauma Institute, Certified, Harvard Refugee Trauma Global Mental Health Certificate)
Topic: refugee adjustment, working with survivors of violence
*Password Protected; contact Karen@pairhouston.org if you are a current volunteer.

OTHER RESOURCES

• Bridging Refugee Youth & Children's Services
• Growing Up in a New Country: A Positive Youth Development Toolkit for Working with Refugees and Immigrants (2006)
• Other publications
• International Rescue Committee
• Refugee youth backgrounders
• Cultural Orientation Resources Center
• Culture profiles
• Refugee backgrounders
• Center for Applied Linguistics