Safe Passage how mobility affects people & what international schools should do about it

Moving is one of life's greatest challenges. The largest study in educational research history demonstrates that moving harms learning. But moving not only challenges students. The experience of lost identity extends across the lifespan also affecting parents and school staff. Firmly grounded in psychological theory and cutting-edge neuroscience Safe Passage maps the challenges and charts a course for individuals schools and accrediting bodies to navigate them. Although primarily focusing on international schools the hopeful message within this book reaches into any school university or organization where human beings come and go.BACK COVER REVIEWSEvery international educator and expat parent should buy this book. Ota's style will pull you in and his ideas will transform what you think is possible.Barbara F. Schaetti Ph.D.Founder Personal Leadership Seminars (www.plseminars.com)Author Personal Leadership: Making a World of DifferenceSafe Passage took me on an emotional journey - one that helped me understand the experiences that have shaped me. I believe it will help others too.Jane Larsson Executive Director Council of International SchoolsA good Transition Program can make the difference between a great experience abroad and a rough one. Ota's book makes it possible for one person to start the wheels turning anywhere in the world.Chica Strauszer Parent Founder of Transitions ProgramInternational School Nido de Aguilas Santiago ChileSafe Passage is indispensable for every therapist or teacher who works with TCKs... it is sure to be a classic in the TCK literature.Lois J Bushong M.S.Author Belonging Everywhere & Nowhere