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Title: Developing a flow of care & caregivers.
Mission Frontiers.  September-October, Vol. 24, No. 5, p. 10  2002
Summary:  This article describes care that should be given to missionaries throughout their lives. It is a summary of Chapter 2 of Doing Member Care Well by K. O'Donnell, 2002.
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Title: Developing a flow of care & caregivers.
Doing member care well: Perspectives and practices from around the world (pp. 23-32).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  2002
Summary:  This chapter describes care that should be given to missionaries throughout their lives. It is an expansion of an article from Interact, 1997, October, pp. 1-6. It is also summarized in Mission Frontiers, September-October, Vol. 24, No. 5, p. 10
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Title: Opening doors for TCK potential.
Interact,  Dec/Jan, Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 1-3.  2002
Summary:  An article considering reasons TCKs do not develop their potentials and exploring ways this can be remedied.
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Title: Issues in TCK dating.
Fitted Pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 252-259),  St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Service.  2001
Summary:  An article considering vital questions to be asked in four domains, four considerations for cross-cultural dating, considerations for security, stability and uneven maturity. Same as in Interact December, 1998, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-4.
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Title: The third culture kid experience: Growing up among worlds.
   Yarmouth, ME: Intercultural Press.  1999
Summary:  An excellent book about TCKs written by the two people most qualified by experience to write such a book. This is one that should be read by both TCKs themselves and anyone who desires to counsel them.
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Title: Transitioning between educational options.
Interact.  December, Vol. 8, No. 2. pp. 1-6.  1999
Summary:  An article consisting of a conversation between the three authors providing practical suggestions for parents, educators and all others who work with TCKs to help them successfully make educational transitions.
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Title: Effective parent-teacher partnerships.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 387-392).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter giving suggestions to teachers regarding what they can do to become effective partners with parents in raising MKs. Same as in Interact, October, 1993.
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Title: Discipleship: The kingdom perspective.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 25-35)  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter discussing the motivation for working with missionary kids and the role of those working with them.
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Title: Developing a flow of care.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 36-40)  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter showing how the Great Commandment and Great Commission are inseparable because they both find their source in Christ, and result in the flow of care for MKs. Same as in Interact, October 1997. Same as in Bowers (Ed), 1998, Raising resilient MKs, (pp. 36-40), Colorado Springs: ACSI.
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Title: Being a third culture kid: A TCK profile.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 45-53)  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter giving the definition and tendencies of third culture kids. This is a drastic revision of Pollock's (1989) chapter in the ICMK Quito book, enough of a revision to be a different article, although it has the same title.
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Title: Dating may be forever: A TCK issue.
Interact.  December, Vol. 7, No. 2, pp. 1-4.  1998
Summary:  An article considering vital questions to be asked in four domains, four considerations for cross-cultural dating, considerations for security, stability and uneven maturity. Same as Blomberg & Brooks, 2001, Fitted pieces: A guide for parents educating children overseas (pp. 252-259). St. Clair Shores, MI: SHARE Education Services.
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Title: Trends in member care.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 478-484).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter discussing changes that have occurred in missions resulting in an increase in the need for member care, as well as noting some changes in member care taking place internationally.
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Title: The re-entry task.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 102-110).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter about re-entry which gives many good, practical things that can be done to help with the process of re-entry. Same as in Pollock (1986) ICMK Manila, (pp. 395-411).
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Title: You are a protector.
Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 397-401).  Colorado Springs, CO: Association of Christian Schools International.  1998
Summary:  A chapter about protecting MKs from abuse of all kinds, including protection from adults, other children, and themselves. Same as in Interact, October, 1993.
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Title: Developing a flow of care.
Interact  October, Vol. 7, No. 1, 1-6.  1997
Summary:  An article showing how the Great Commandment and Great Commission are inseparable because they both find their source in Christ, and result in the flow of care for MKs. Same as in Bowers (Ed), 1998, Raising resilient MKs, (pp. 36-40), Colorado Springs: ACSI.
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Title: What about the missionary kids and attrition?
Too valuable to lose: Exploring the causes and cures of missionary attrition (pp. 303-312).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  1997
Summary:  A chapter summarizing the needs of MKs as related to attrition along with suggestions for parents, churches, and agencies for meeting those needs.
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Title: Working together: Effective parent-teacher partnerships.
Interact.  October, Vol. 3, No. 1, pp. 11-13.  1993
Summary:  An article giving suggestions to teachers regarding what they can do to become effective partners with parents in raising MKs. Same as in Bowers, 1998, Raising resilient MKs: Resources for caregivers, parents, and teachers (pp. 387-392). Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI.
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Title: Why minister to MKs? A look at our motivations for ministry.
Interact.  May, Vol. 1, No. 4, pp. 9-12, 19.  1992
Summary:  An article giving three major motivations for helping MKs and four key issues in how well a MK adjusts.
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Title: If you accept this assignment..
Interact.  December, Vol. 2, No. 2, pp. 10-12  1992
Summary:  An article calling for protection of MKs from abuse of any type, including protection from adults, other children, and self. Cultural issues may be causes of pain, and MKs need comfort.
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Title: State of MK ministry.
Planning for MK nurture, Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume II, (pp. 11-15).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  1989
Summary:  A brief overview prepared for the ICMK, Quito.
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Title: Being a third-culture kid: A profile.
Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 241-252).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  1989
Summary:  A chapter giving the general positive and negative characteristics of third culture kids. A major revision of this article is found in the article by the same name in Pollock, 1989. That one is so different as to be a new article.
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Title: TCKness: Impact on Marriage and Career.
Understanding and nurturing the missionary family: Compendium of the international Conference on Missionary Kids, Quito, Ecuador, January 4-8, 1987, Volume I (pp. 396-405).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  1989
Summary:  A chapter transcript of a panel discussion the looked at marriage and career issues created by being TCKs
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Title: Strategies for dealing with crisis in missionary kid education.
International Bulletin of Missionary Research,  13, 13-19.  1989
Summary:  An article on ways of bringing about change in MK education, complete with an appendix giving the pros and cons of various alternatives in MK education.
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Title: Welcome Home! Easing the pain of MK reentry.
Helping missionaries grow: Readings in mental health and missions (pp. 524-529).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  1988
Summary:  Good overview article on reentry for MKs. Includes information on seminars and what to do after reentry. Same as in Evangelical Missions Quarterly, 1987, 23, 278-283.
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Title: Welcome Home! Easing the pain of MK reentry.
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  23, 278-283.  1987
Summary:  Good overview article on reentry for MKs. Includes information on seminars and what to do after reentry. Same as in O'Donnell & O'Donnell (1988), Helping missionaries grow (524-529), Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.
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Title: The re-entry task.
New directions in missions: Implications for MKs. Compendium of the International Conference on Missionary Kids, Manila, Philippines, November 5-9, 1984 (pp. 395-411).  Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library.  1986
Summary:  A chapter about re-entry which gives many good, practical things that can be done to help with the process of re-entry. Same as in Pollock (1998) in Bowers, J. M. Raising Resilient MKs; Resources for Caregivers, Parents, and teachers, Colorado Springs, CO: ACSI (pp. 102-110)
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Title: It's time to pull together for MKs
Evangelical Missions Quarterly,  20, 259-261.  1984
Summary:  A call to everyone to work together over the life span of the MK.
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