5 things social workers , teachers , trainers and mentors should take in consideration when working with children that are victims of segregation .

1. Build a relationship  based on trust - Trust is everything , children who come from communities that are the subject of segregation often display a deeply rooted mistrust of people that are not members of their community .  First impression is very important , be sure that you present yourself , tell them a few things about you and let them tell you a few things about them . This aspect is very important because it reinforces their self esteem which is most of the times at a low level. Tell them what are your plans for the class , what lessons you want to teach them and even ask them for suggestions and opinions . 

2. Group dynamics   - Every group has its own unique dynamics , each individual plays a very well defined role in a group even at a early age. Try to identify the children who might be the victims of marginalization and try to help them find common interests with the other members of the group in order to facilitate their integration . If you fail to do so this children will become the victims of a double segregation , being marginalized first by the society as a whole at the first level and at a second level by the group that they are part of .

3.  Diversify their collection of social representations - Children which live in segregated communities or isolated one have usually a very basic set a social representations , social representations condition their integration in society . Kids who live in poor environments may not know what a computer is or how museum looks like , social representations are nothing more then photocopies that our brain made of every human type , object or situation that we encountered , this photocopies contain all the data needed about a certain entity in order for us to know what we do when we encounter it (ex: Library  - If we have the social representation of a library we know that we go there when we want to rent a book and not if we want to listen to rock music). The collection of social representation can be diversified with the help of filed trips , thematic lessons , etc.

4.Harmony between individual goals and collective goals - Children from segregated communities often have a hard time doing group work , this is mainly caused by the low self esteem that they have which often makes them want to back away when they encounter even the smallest obstacle . Group work is a amazing way to make them build social connection and develop communication skills , it also makes kids aware of the fact that human activity has two dimensions (individual and collective) which our society operates with.  Many children from segregated communities that fail to develop the ability to collective chores can develop later in life a excessive individualism as a effect of their inability to integrate in any group .

5. Reward the good . Correct the bad - Analyze very well their actions and always reward their achievements , the reward should take the form of a verbal positive confirmation :"You did very well"  ; "You made a huge progress" ; "I love the way to view things" ; "I'm glad that your so involved" ; etc .  
   Children always ,especially at a early stage of development , look for confirmation from adults do to the fact that they still don't have a fully developed good/bad labeling system and are not capable of making a rational judgement regarding a person , event or object . 
  Punishment is a efficient educative tool to if it used the right way , before applying the judgement you must explain what was done wrong and the way it can be avoided and corrected in the future . 
   This is a very important step , motivating a decision to a kid makes him understand that you don't have anything personal with him. Punishment should be very well balanced , never apply a harsh punishment to a action that was not made with intention or just don't apply it at all. It should be used only in the case of a action that was did with premeditation , if this wasn't the case just explain to the kid that what did was wrong and not to repeat it again.