Navigating Global Transition
Preparing well for what comes next
Transition doesn't begin the day you get on the plane.
Whether a family is preparing to return to Australia or a young person is getting ready to graduate and move into their next season, there are goodbyes to navigate, decisions to make, emotions to process and a new life to prepare for.
Our Transition Planners are designed to walk alongside TCKs and their families through this journey — helping them prepare intentionally, have important conversations and continue processing transition after they arrive.
Two journeys. Practical support for both.
Families Navigating Global Transition
A family resource with Children’s and Teens Companions, helping parents and children navigate transition together.
Navigating Global Transition Again – Graduate Planner
Created for graduating TCKs as they prepare to leave their current world and navigate the transition into what comes next.
Transition Is More Than Moving
Moving countries is only one part of transition.
For TCKs and their families, transition can involve goodbyes, grief, changing relationships, questions about identity and belonging, new routines, new schools or study, and learning how to live in a place that may feel both familiar and unfamiliar.
Our Transition Planners help families and young people prepare before they leave and continue processing the transition after they arrive.
Families Navigating Global Transition
A journey the whole family can take together
Transition affects every member of a family differently. Families Navigating Global Transition creates space for parents, children and teens to prepare for and process the journey together, while still giving each age group their own space.
The set includes:
Family Planner – A Faith Journey
The main family resource, helping parents guide conversations and intentionally walk through transition together.
Children’s Companion
Activities and reflection designed to help children understand what is happening, express their feelings and have a voice in the family’s transition.
Teens Companion
A separate space for teens to think honestly about change, relationships, identity, belonging and what they are leaving behind and moving towards.
Designed to journey together
The companions aren't separate from the family journey. They allow children and teens to explore things at their own level, while creating opportunities to come back together as a family and talk.
“Kath and Jeni have put together this helpful resource to help families walk through the transitions that happen for missionary families. Starting from 12 months before departure up until 12 months after arrival, it gives interactive tools and space for individual children and teens, as well as the whole family, to work through their transitions in a meaningful and straightforward way. The resources can be used in a way that works best for each family and is a great way to address the changes that happen for everyone. I can highly recommend this to any families going through these changes.”
Navigating Global Transition Again
Graduate Planner
Graduation can bring a very different kind of transition for a TCK. It may mean leaving family, friends, school, country and the life they have known, while stepping into study, work or life in a place that is supposed to be “home” but may not feel like home yet.
The Graduate Planner gives young people space to prepare intentionally for that transition — practically, emotionally, relationally and spiritually.
It helps them think through goodbyes and leaving well, relationships, emotions, expectations, identity and belonging, practical preparation, arriving and settling in, and building life in their next place.
Before and after the move
The journey doesn't finish when the plane lands. The planner is designed to continue alongside graduates as they adjust, find their feet and begin creating a sense of belonging in their new season.
Faith-Based Edition
This version integrates Scripture, prayer prompts, and devotionals—perfect for Christian families, mission organizations, and faith-based schools.
Topics include:
Trusting God in uncertain seasons
Identity in Christ across cultures
Courage and hope for what’s next
Includes guided reflection of Galatians throughout.
“What a strategic, useful resource for TCKs!... The handbook weaves together a meaningful timetable of transition with helpful checklists, reflection guides, and biblical wisdom from Galatians.”
— Jeff, TeachBeyond TCK Care Team
General (Non-Faith-Based) Edition
Designed for broader contexts like international schools, NGOs, or secular settings, this version offers values-based reflection and practical tools without religious content.
Topics include:
Emotional resilience and self-awareness
Identity and cultural belonging
Tools for closure and celebration
“The first time my teen felt truly seen in a resource.”
— Parent in Singapore