Childhood and Young People
Different types of transitions and their effects on children and young peoples lives
Transitions are the movement, passages, or changes from one position, state, stage, subject, or concept to another. These changes can be gradual or sudden, and last for deferring period of time.
Children/young people go through various transitions in their lives. How well they cope with stages of transitions depends on their early childhood experiences, and how they were managed at that time. Children and young people who have had multiple transitions often find it harder to settle in and make new friends and relationships.
There are many expected transitions which are almost experienced by everyone.For e.g.
All babies experience transition when they are weaned on to solid food, progress form crawling to walking, move from needing nappies to toilet trained. All the children experiences transitions when they start Nursery and primary school or move up to secondary school. Young people experiences transition caused by puberty, when they leave home, when they attend college or university, when they start working. Adults also experience expected pattern of transition when they get married, when they have children, Parents separating or divorcing, when they experience illness or death in the family.
Transitions can affect the development of children and young people depending on their individual need and how well they were supported. Transitions can have positive or negative effect on children and young people and can last for longer or shorter period.
Types of transitions
Transition can affect all areas of the development of children and young people:
· Emotional: Personal experiences, such as parents separating, bereavement, entering or leaving care.
· Physical: Moving to a new educational setting, a new home or care setting.
· Intellectual: Moving from nursery to primary school, or primary to secondary school
· Physiological: Puberty or a long-term medical
Transitions are the movement, passages, or changes from one position, state, stage, subject, or concept to another. These changes can be gradual or sudden, and last for deferring period of time.
Children/young people go through various transitions in their lives. How well they cope with stages of transitions depends on their early childhood experiences, and how they were managed at that time. Children and young people who have had multiple transitions often find it harder to settle in and make new friends and relationships.
There are many expected transitions which are almost experienced by everyone.For e.g.
All babies experience transition when they are weaned on to solid food, progress form crawling to walking, move from needing nappies to toilet trained. All the children experiences transitions when they start Nursery and primary school or move up to secondary school. Young people experiences transition caused by puberty, when they leave home, when they attend college or university, when they start working. Adults also experience expected pattern of transition when they get married, when they have children, Parents separating or divorcing, when they experience illness or death in the family.
Transitions can affect the development of children and young people depending on their individual need and how well they were supported. Transitions can have positive or negative effect on children and young people and can last for longer or shorter period.
Types of transitions
Transition can affect all areas of the development of children and young people:
· Emotional: Personal experiences, such as parents separating, bereavement, entering or leaving care.
· Physical: Moving to a new educational setting, a new home or care setting.
· Intellectual: Moving from nursery to primary school, or primary to secondary school
· Physiological: Puberty or a long-term medical