About the course
Intercultural High School Training for Exchangees with Placements
In this course, you will discover innovative tools to understand your life abroad, how your behavior and perception of the world can influence your adaptation and how to interact with people from a new culture. How can your attitude be a decisive factor in the success or failure of your experience? And what will your family of origin be like? What to expect from the relationship with the host family? How can everyone's involvement affect the exchange journey? Should natural parents have a relationship with the host family? And what will this family be like? Will your boyfriend/girlfriend stay, what will it be like with the distance? And how to make friends, adapt, learn the language?
This training will help you create healthier and more lasting relationships throughout your international experience, based on a deep understanding of the behavior and culture of the countries you will visit, as well as a deep understanding of your own behavior within the challenging experience of migration. You will also learn to identify what to expect from the local people, how they think, act and react, and how to adapt your approach in a practical way.
You will be surprised by new and revealing concepts that will enrich your perception of the exchange, bringing clarity and new insights to transform your experience. The time of the old “culture shock” and all the unnecessary suffering behind adaptation is over.
This training was developed for you and your parents. It raises awareness and equips the entire family to minimize risk factors and greatly increase their chances of success. It will give you peace of mind and confidence to deal with the challenges that arise and make your adaptation easier and more natural for both those who leave and those who stay.
Available in English audio with options for subtitles in English, Spanish, Portuguese and Korean.
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What makes this course different?
You are about to live an experience that will change your life and your self-concept – but are you really aware of what that means? This intercultural training was designed exclusively for teenage exchange students, helping you arrive at your destination with a different mindset. And thinking about your parents, who in a way, will also be along for the ride. After all, a successful exchange is a family project.
With a practical and dynamic approach, the course teaches effective strategies for dealing with real challenges in the daily life of an exchange program. Using Intercultural Sciences (Intercultural Psychology & Intercultural Education), we will provide a more fluid experience, without wasting time with unnecessary anguish. Our goal is for you to not only travel to new places, but to travel within yourself and learn how much it is possible to grow and develop, living this experience with self-esteem and confidence.
- Graduated in Psychology, Masters in Social Psychology (1995)
- Volunteer at ICYE as a member of UNESCO and by UN designated as “Peace Messengers” (1993-1994)
- Intercultural Education Training by the European Council (1994)
- IACCP Member (International Association for Cross-Cultural Psychology) since 1998
- Tutor and Guest Speaker at MIT about Cultural Awareness since 2021
- Member of the Educational Advisory Council at AFS International that promotes the Training for Trainers in countries like Chile, Argentina, Colombia, Venezuela and Costa Rica (2006-2012)
- Long and short term experiences abroad in Spain (Madrid), Italy (Rome) and Belgium (Louvain-la-Neuve) (1990-1996), United States (2008), France (2023) and Canada (2012, 2017, 2024, 2025)
- Author of books "Cultural Exchange: an Intercultural Education guide to be a citizen of the world", Publishing company Artes & Ofícios, Porto Alegre, 2001; "The North of the Compass: Manual for Coexistence and Negotiation with Foreign Cultures", Publishing company: Artes & Ofícios, Porto Alegre, 2005; "Cultural exchange; to understand and fall in love ", Publishing company: Artes & Ofícios, Porto Alegre, 2007; “Expats.com – a new challenge for Interculcultural HR's”, Publishing company: Artes & Ofícios, 2009; “More bridges, fewer barriers – the essence of interculture between us”, (in production)
- Over 600 5-star reviews and testimonials on Google, Linkedin, Youtube and Linkedin
Instructor
Andrea Sebben
In almost 30 years, Andrea Sebben has trained around 20,000 people (including parents, students, expatriate executives and their families and football players) for countries like Australia, United States, Canada, Angola, China, India, Argentina, Peru, Japan, South Korea, Morocco, Algeria, Slovakia, Czech Republic, Switzerland, England, France, Germany, South Africa, Iceland among others.
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