Recommended Resources

SUPPORT SERVICES

• Aleka Bilan Consulting - Educational transitions coaching for high school students and their families, consulting to schools for transition to university programs. 

• International Therapists Directory - Search from over 200 professional counselors and therapists in over 35 countries around the world (and online) who specialize in serving the internationally-mobile, TCK, and expat community.

• Globally Grounded – Equipping students crossing cultures, their families and those who educate them as they navigate the triumphs and trials associated with cross-cultural  domestic and/or international transitions

• Remfrey Educational Consulting – International Special Education Consultant.

• RNG International Educational Consultants – For students and families to have a place where they can get expert comprehensive educational planning and innovative, effective solutions.

• Safe Passage Psychology and Coaching – Doug Ota offers consultations for children, adults, couples and families. 

• Sea Change Mentoring – Leader in relationship-based learning and wellbeing in the international school community

  • ​Online and Circulus Institute – To equip adults with the competencies youth need in order to nurture their social and emotional development.

• Truman Group - Psychological care for expats. Online therapeutic group.

• Roots with Boots -  Valérie Besanceney offers support for children to tackle the challenges of moving and reap the benefits of the experiences that lie ahead.

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WEBSITES

• Cross Cultural Kids by Ruth Van Reken (all you need to know about Cross Cultural Kids)

• Interaction International (Executive Director - Michael Pollock)

• Denizen (Online TCK Magazine, online community, guide to college)

• Expat Child - Helping Families Move Abroad (Relocation advice for Parents)

• Expat Business Directory (Your go to place for many international mobility related businesses)

• FIGT (Families in Global Transition)

• The Interchange Institute (Dr Anne Copeland)

• TCKidNow (for TCKs and ATCKs)

• TCKworld (tutorials/workshops for TCKs and ATCKs)

• UYD Media (media platform that celebrates people who "use your difference to make a a difference")

• YouthCompass (for teen TCKs)

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PRINT

• Ahmad, M.A., Emigh, C., Gemmer, U., Menezes, B., Tonges, K. & Willshire, L. (2010) Slurping Soup and Other Confusions: True stories and activities to help Third Culture Kids through transition. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Besanceney, V. (2014) B at Home: Emma Moves Again. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Besanceney, V. (2016) My Moving Booklet. UK: Summertime Publishing. 

• Brew. C. (2018). Life Elsewhere. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Brubaker, C. (2016) The Re-Entry Relaunch Roadmap. USA: Thinking Travel Press.

• Bushong, L. (2013) Belonging Everywhere & Nowhere: Insights into Counseling the Globally Mobile. Indianapolis, USA: Mango Tree Intercultural Services.

• Carter, T. & Yates, R. (2014) Finding Home Abroad: A Guided Journal for Adapting to Life Overseas. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Costa Ericsson, S. T., Serra, A. & Vaz Guimarães, M. I. (2010) The Mission of Detective Mike: Moving Abroad. Great Britain: Summertime Publishing.

• Crossman, T. (2016) Misunderstood: The Impact of Growing Overseas in the 21st Century. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Dalton-Bradford, M. (2013). Global Mom: A Memoir. USA: Familius, LLC.

• Evans, L. (2016) Kids on the Move: A Relocation Workbook. San Bernardino, CA: Create Space Independent Publishing Platform.

• Gardener, M. ( 2014) Between Worlds: Essays on Culture and Belonging. Doorlight Publishing.

• Gleeson, L. & Blackwood, F. (2007) Amy & Louis. Lisarow, Australia: Scholastic Press.

• Hogan, C. (2013) Facilitating Cultural Transitions and Change: A Practical Approach. Stillwater,USA: 4Square Books.

• Iyer, P. (2000) The Global Soul: Jet Lag, Shopping Malls and Searching for Home. NY: Vintage Books.

• Janssen, L. (2013) The Emotionally Resilient Expat: Engage, Adapt and Thrive Across Cultures. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Kobald, I. & Blackwood, F. (2014) My Two Blankets. Richmond, Australia: Little Hare Books​.

• Kofod Techow, M., Frijs Due, E. & Skovby Burke, B. (2018) GO! My personal guide and diary before, during and after moving abroad. Copenhagen, Denmark: Center for Family Development.

• László-Herbert, E. & Parfitt, J.(ed), (2014) The Worlds Within: An Anthology of TCK Art and Writing: Young, Global and Between Cultures. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Maffini, H. & Swain, M. ( 2011) Sammy’s Next Move. Lexington, KY: Third Culture Kids Press.

• Markus, H.R. and Conner, A.(2013) CLASH! 8 Cultural Conflicts that Make US Who We Are. New York: Hudson Street Press.

• Murray, T. (2013) Hidden in My Heart: A TCKs Journey Through Cultural Transition. Bottom Line Media.

• O’Shaughnessy, C. (2014) Arrivals, Departures and the Adventures In-Between. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Ota, Douglas. (2014) Safe Passage: How mobility affects people & what international schools should do about it. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Ottimofiore, M. (2019) This Messy Mobile Life. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Pascoe, R. (2006) Raising Global Nomads: Parenting Abroad in an On-Demand World. Vancouver: Expatriate Press

• Pittman, L. and Smit, D. (2012) Expat Teens Talk, UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Pollock, D. C., Van Reken, R. E. & Pollock, M.V. (2017) Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds 3rd Ed, Boston: Nicholas Brealey Publishing.

• Puren, B.A. (2018). A Family Just Like Mine. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Rader, D. & Harris Sittig, L. (2003), New Kid in School: Using Literature to Help Children in Transition. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.

• Saunders, S. & Pierce, M. (2012) Swirly. Hagerstown, MD: Review & Herald Pub Assn.

• Simens, J. (2011) Emotional Resilience and the Expat Child: Practical Storytelling Techniques That Will Strengthen the Global Family. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Quick, T. (2010 ). The Global Nomad's Guide to University Transition. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Quick, T. (2017) Survive and Thrive: The International Student’s Guide to Succeeding in the U.S. USA: International Family Transitions.

• Van Reken, R. (2012) Letters Never Sent: A Global Nomad’s Journey from Hurt to Healing. UK: Summertime Publishing.

• Zoe, M. & Christensen, M. ( 2007) The Kids’ Guide to Living Abroad. Washington, DC: Foreign Service Youth Foundation.

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PERIODICALS

• International School Magazine 

• International Teacher Magazine

• The International Educator

• International School Parent Magazine

• World Student Magazine

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MOVIES

• Inside Out  (2015) by Pixar

• Neither Here nor There  (2011) by Ema Ryan Yamazaki

• The Interpreter (2005) by Universal Pictures

• The Karate Kid (1984 & 2010) by Columbia Pictures

• The Road Home (2012) by Rahul Gandotra