“This book was inspired by Ota identifying an unmet need he saw in students during transitional periods in the school year – and from existing research findings indicating that moving creates havoc with student learning. Ota and his colleagues at the American School of The Hague (ASH) developed the Safe Harbor programme to address the… Read More Safe Passage – essential reading for working with #TCKs
I have two jobs. One I worked for. The other was given. These jobs look like different coin faces. To me they’re inseparable. I’m the coin, minted by life. The job I trained for was as a psychologist. I love consulting with individuals, couples, and families, and I’m honored to be able to address what… Read More Two Jobs, And One Answer To Paris
We see each other in the distance, but we act like we don’t. We just keep walking, gradually approaching one another. After all, we don’t know each other. But it’s also true that we don’t not know each other entirely. We’ve done this before, every day for nearly the last week. Twenty meters to go.… Read More Let’s Talk About the Weather
Writing a book is hard. People warned that the publication process is harder. They were right. Strangely, blogging in my mind seems the hardest. What is ‘blogging’? What am I signing up for? Where will this lead? Books are at least bound, their narrative arcs nestled reassuringly between a front and a back cover. Blogs… Read More No-No Boy
Safe Passage is an excellent resource for international families and schools to help with positive transitions. Ruth Van Reken, author of Third Culture Kids: Growing Up Among Worlds, comments: “As one who has lived this globally transient lifestyle since the moment of my birth, and worked with countless others… I cannot recommend this book highly… Read More Q&A with Dr. Doug Ota and Book Review of Safe Passage
Safe Passage is essential for any international school wanting to create their own transition program. Not only for schools though as I also found it a helpful read for expat parents. Ota offers parental tips aimed at easing your child transition – including assessing your own responses to making a new transition. In summary, I highly… Read More Safe Passage: Highly Recommended for Anyone Working with TCKs
Doug’s book is a must-read. It holds wisdom not only for international schools, but for all organizations that assist families with international transitions. Doug’s well-balanced advice and structured guidelines are applicable across countries. I would recommend this book to anyone involved in education or counseling of globally-mobile families, or anyone with children impacted by mobility.… Read More Safe Passage – Words of Wisdom
If you are working or about to work in a school that educates TCKs, then you need to read this book. If you are a parent raising children overseas, you need to read this book. More…
This book is essential for any international school wanting to create their own transition program. Not only for schools though as I also found it a helpful read for expat parents. Ota offers parental tips aimed at easing your child transition – including assessing your own responses to making a new transition. In summary, I… Read More Safe Passage, Essential Reading for Any International School
I see “Safe Passage” becoming a useful guide for schools and expats worldwide. The major lesson I will take away from this book is that our family needs to be its own transitions team. I think we do that pretty well as it is – but it is always possible to improve. More…
Even as a parent of children who have been in the international school system in different countries, Safe Passage is an intense book, yet it should be a mandatory read for all staff of international schools. Helping to ease children through the transitional phase, central in expat lifestyles, is crucial in ensuring these children are… Read More A Mandatory Read