Positive relationships are essential in enabling children to successfully negotiate (major) transitions in their lives. Some transitions are made easier simply by the fact that everyone is †̃in the same boatâ€TM as it were. For example, a common transition occurs when the whole class is leaving primary school. Children and young people will respond differently to transitions depending largely upon the relationships they have managed to form with their parents, teachers and other significant adults in their lives. A childâ€TMs own friends/peers can also help with a transition. For example, it may be a source of comfort if the child is moving to a new school with a friend or two rather than alone, thereby alleviating the (negative) thoughts …show more content…
According to the organisation Young Minds our first relationship as an infant helps to create the template by which we understand the world. The quality of this relationship helps to form the framework for our future beliefs and values. In his book, Attachment and Loss, Dr John Bowlby explains that children who have experienced a secure attachment: “Are more likely to express a representational model of attachment figure(s) as being available, responsive and helpful and a complimentary model of himself as .... a potentially lovable person.― This child is likely to “approach the world with confidence and, when faced with potentially alarming situations, is likely to tackle them effectively or seek help.―
Adults, especially parents and teachers, (as well as peers to some extent) can help make these major life transitions as easy as possible for the child or young person. Many fears can be alleviated simply by talking things through in a patient, sympathetic and understanding way. Preparing children as much as possible in advance before the event is also important. For example, it is common practice for children to spend a day visiting the secondary/grammar school they intend to go to which helps to make the transition less of an
It might be very difficult for them to build friendships. Events which may impact on behaviour, social and emotional development: • Serious illness or injury to a child e.g. if a child breaks a leg and has to be in hospital for a long stay they become institutionalised and perhaps lose their grip on reality because all they know then is the hospital routine. • Serious illness or injury to a child’s main carer • Death of a close relative • Family break-up: This can cause a child to feel very upset, insecure and abandoned. When their family unit breaks apart their whole world seems to have lost stability and this most likely will have an impact on their behaviour and development • Change of care e.g. entering foster care or residential care • Abuse – physical, emotional, sexual or
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
The skills needed to communicate with children and young people are listening, positive body language (nodding and sitting forward), eye contact, engaging fully in the conversation in a professional manner and offering feedback and able to talk and respond to children, young people or adults at their level of understanding which is appropriate to their age. It is highly important that you are sure that the person you are talking to understands what you are talking about and have asked them so that they can digest information and join in the conversation without feeling lost and that they are unable to follow you whilst you talk to them. For example sometimes you may need to speak clearly and concisely, using simple words for younger children
The skills required to communicate with children and young people are skills that are mostly assumed and undertaken naturally. With experience obviously these skills are strengthened and you become more confident in this role. Fundamentally you need to ensure that you are actively listening to the child or young person. This is demonstrated through your attention, eye-contact (perhaps squatting down to their level), being interested and asking them questions. Also to ensure that you have understood what they have said by checking facts or parroting back what they have said.
Military Life on Families Not a lot of people know the actual challenges of what military men and women go through with their families. Until now, individuals have this misconception that the military life is as ordinary to any regular civilian life. Many of the common beliefs that people assume about military service members they just serve their country, go out to war occasionally, and handle constant deployments easily without a struggle. While this is the case, civilians fail to recognize that military spouses and children face many obstacles when they are separated from their service member.
To build positive relationships with the children there are many things I personally would do to help myself and the child create a bond. When I interact with the child, I would always make sure I get down to the child’s level. In my room, you tend to find that you are always on the floor whether it’s sitting up to talk to the children or lying down trying to encourage those non-mobile babies to crawl! In the baby unit the child’s speech is mainly babbling and some simple sentences depending on the child’s age. Therefore when a child comes up and starts babbling to me, I wouldn’t ignore it, I would smile, and wait for the child to finish then I would begin talking back to the child or even copying the child.
I have a very strong relationship with my parents, but that did not change that fact that I needed more than just their help with my depression. Students are at school for eight hours a day, not including extra curricular activities. For many students that is more time then they will spend with their family in one day. For some students it is easier to connect with a teacher, because that may be who they spend the most time with. Every child is different, because of their Funds of Knowledge, yet every child will need their teacher in some way or another.
Moving to school- sometimes children who move to school can cause a level of anxiety, this can affect their behaviour and relationships with others. It could lead them to lose their appetite and become be clingy towards parents. This will lead the transition to be more difficult and stressful for parents and children. And cause lack of interest and concentration at school, causing development to fall behind. Starting nursery/ changing rooms-
The principles of relationship building with children is to make them feel safe, comfortable, nurtured and to be able to express themselves in order for them to positively communicate in order to reach their full intellectual and social potential. All children, young people and adults need to be treated as an individual with their beliefs, views and opinions respected through active listening. By taking an interest in a particular individualâ€TMs thoughts, opinions and feelings can gain a positive relationship for example remembering what their likes and dislikes are. In order for a positive relationship to be built trust needs to be gained, this can be done through someone sharing a problem, an experience or opinion, and by being sensitive
The principles of relationship building with Children, Young people and Adults need to be nurtured in order to maintain the relationship that has already formed. All parties need to feel secure and comfortable around one another in order to build further trust and open up and talk effectively about any subjects and issues. Teaching assistants need to act as good role models to the children, young people and adults. Teaching assistants need to be polite, considerate, empathic and good at identifying and sorting out problems as they are also regarded as a representative of the school. The children and young people need to be encouraged and praised with their academic life and showed by staff that they are accepted for what they are and receive
Children who are emotionally affected may also have low confidence and find it hard to build friendships with other children, it is important that we make children feel welcome and encourage them to join in with other when doing activities so
When undergoing transitions there can be a range of effects that children experience and can be observed. Effects which can be seen can be either short or long term. Different measures may be put in place to ensure that each child undergoing a transition is fully support and able to successfully get through the period of change. It is perhaps a common misconception by adults that children are quick to adapt and will therefore not be affected by a transition but this not always the case. Most children handle transitions incredibly well
Although we are studying theories, some of them appear to explain human behavior and personality with certain accuracy. John Bowlby and Mary Ainsworth theories of attachment can also explain what happens to people when attachment to their parents or caregivers is healthy or potential problems that could occur due to detachments. They suggest that individuals raised with secure attachments to their primary caregivers help them to feel secure; moreover, these children appear to be more socially skilled and less likely to experience major emotional disturbances. However, failure to form healthy attachments, especially mother-child, could serve as a descriptive mechanism for many negative psychological outcomes later in the life of an individual,
These feelings of self-esteem in turn help the child to seek interaction with others and to have the confidence to try to communicate positively. Young People
Attachment in early life is a fundamental aspect of child development and the establishment of intimate and reciprocal relationships with caregivers. Shaffer & Kipp (2007) define attachment as ‘a close emotional relationship between two persons, characterized by mutual affection and a desire to maintain proximity’. Contrary to the original view of infant attachment as a ‘secondary drive’ of the dependency on caregivers for physiological needs, such as hunger; Bowlby (1969, 1973) proposed that all infants are born with an innate bias to form an attachment to a primary attachment figure to whom they can seek comfort, or a ‘secure base’ during stressful circumstances. It is proposed by Ainsworth (1967) that parental sensitivity is crucial to shaping the security and development of the initial infant-parent attachment relationship, however the phenomenon of attachment requires both infants and caregivers to contribute in the formation of the attachment bond. Ultimately, the quality of attachment in early life shapes both the social and emotional