Describe With Examples How Different Types Of Transitions May Affect Children And Young People

There are many different types of transitions people go through in life. The children and young people are the ones that go through the most physically and mentally as they starting to grow up and develop as individuals. As when growing up the children try to cope with sudden changes, as from going to primary to secondary school. Not only will this affect them, but their friendship groups will also change too. The most common type of transitions the children go through are starting or moving school, illness, puberty, bereavement and parents splitting up. Children need the help and support they can get from adults as they are the able to make the correct transition into the next step in their lives. But depending on the child's age depends on how much support they would need.
Transitions can be affected in many different ways such as moving into a different class, changing key stage, changing school and into a different way of teaching. Children and young people will

When the transitions are least likely to happen the child's work may start to decline. As parents may not be able to support their child in their homework or reading. As the parents may have other commitments such as late shifts at work or family issues. Children's behaviour may suffer too because they are not getting the attention they need from their parents, so the best place to be would be to let all the emotions out at school. So the teachers and practitioners are there to help the child familiarise themselves with the boundaries that are still in place.
When in times of transition children would always go to the people that would be able to support them in giving them information, emotional support, practical help and resources. The learning support practitioner is there to help support a child no matter what transition they are going through to help them with their individual