Psycho-emotional Reintegration

Facing friends, family, community and our lives at home does not feel the same after a transformative experience abroad. Students can have deep emotional and psychological responses to their surrounds. We encourage students to seek resources to promote a healthy and productive transition back into their home. The resources on this page will start students on the path to deal with the psycho-emotional stresses felt when returning home. 

Transition Reentry Handout
This document was compiled and created by SIT’s Counseling & Disability Support Services Director Jane Buckingham to facilitate understanding of the reentry process.

What’s Up With Culture
This website provides materials developed to support and enhance a student’s ability to make successful cultural adjustments both before going overseas and upon returning home from studying abroad. 

The Art of Coming Home (book)
"Expecting that home will be the way it was when you left? Are you instead shocked to discover that both you and home have changed? The Art of Coming Home offers the solid advice you need to reduce the stress of the transition experience." –Storti

Other useful web sites:

"Back in the USA" 
"Back in the USA" is manual ideal for pre-return workshops for students overseas on year-long programs, or individually, before or after returning home.