Cyp 3.1 5.1

EXPLAIN HOW DIFFERENT TYPES OF TRANSITION CAN AFFECT CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE’S DEVELOPMENT

Transitions are the changes in our lives which take us form one stage to another, for example from being single to living in a relationship or moving from one country to another. Transition also means to leave the old, well known behind and start a new one. Transitions are natural and essential part of growing up. The changes we are going through as children are the most important ones. Children very often find transitions challenging although they don’t have to go through them alone, they are supported by the parents, carer, teachers and other people around them. However the experience of the transition will depend on the kind of response the child gets from the supporting adults. Children’s experience on transition in the early years will strongly affect the way they will deal with changes in later stages of their lives. Transitions which are not fully supported, strange or unexpected can cause the children and young people distress, feeling of disorientation and unable to cope. This affect their behavioural and emotional development which will have a strong impact on psychological and intellectual development.
Different types of transitions:
Emotional
Affected by personal experiences or new structure of the family such us divorce or separation of parents, new parent, step parent, death or illness in the family, new born baby, new carer
Physical
Moving to a new country or new place, starting nursery or school, moving up a pear, new teacher, moving from home to care,
Intellectual
Moving from one organisation to the other for example from nursery to school, from school to secondary school, from secondary school to university. Children and Young people have to deal here with separation from their old friends and making new ones.
Physiological
Going through puberty which includes rebelling against rules, first love and seeking to be understood or long...