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A Very Dangerous Place for a Child Is College
“Colleges should do this and colleges should do that, everyone says?” I walked across the front of the auditorium, stopped and faced the two hundred young men who had invited me to their fraternity...
Children's Books That Include Characters with Disabilities
We need diverse books! These books include characters that happen have various disabilities. Improve the diversity of your classroom library and home library with these books with this book list! T...
Children with Special Needs
Families raising a child with special needs while living internationally face an incredible challenge. Not only are they navigating another culture, and all of the transitions and adjustments assoc...
World Family Education
Finding the right educational options for your child can be a challenge when you live internationally. World Family Education supports that decision-making process, which is unique to every family....
Helping kids who procrastinate on school work
What’s really behind all the dilly-dallying and delaying? Is procrastination simply laziness or lack of self-discipline?
By: Catherine Wilson
California's first surgeon general: Screen every student for childhood trauma
"One thing that tipped me off was the number of kids being sent to me by schools" Dr. Nadine Burke Harris has an ambitious dream: screen every student for childhood trauma before entering scho...
Cross-cultural education: advice for parents
This post covers some key advice I give to parents about coping with the stresses associated with cross-cultural education. I hope you will find these suggestions thought-provoking, encouragin...
A Handy Chart Featuring Over 30 iPad Apps for Students with Special Needs
Free resource of educational web tools, 21st century skills, tips and tutorials on how teachers and students integrate technology into education
Source: Educational Technology and Mobile ...
Boost your child's progress in school: Understand how your child differs from you
Differences between our learning experience and our child’s learning experience can mean we fail to recognize points of real crisis for our child. Here’s a quick look at four distinct learning styl...
10 Ways Teachers Can Support Third Culture Kids
I was talking to the principal of an international school recently, and he had never heard the term “Third Culture Kid” (TCK). This really surprised me. By now, after more than three decades of res...
The Intercultural Mind: Connecting Culture, Cognition, and Global Living
In this pioneering book, Joseph Shaules presents exciting new research from cultural psychology and neuroscience. It sheds light on the hidden influence of culture on the unconscious mind, and help...
3D Gospel: Ministry in Guilt, Shame, and Fear Cultures, The
Learn how the gospel speaks to guilt, shame, & fear cultures! Western theology emphasizes forgiveness of sins, but people in the Majority World covet honor or spiritual power. The 3D Gospel is ...