Hi, welcome to the site, if you go back to the
beginning of this thread a post explains the potential effects as being
5. How transitions may affect children’s behaviour and development
Short term effects:
• Outbursts of anger
• Crying and tearfulness
• Clinginess/need for affection
• Withdrawal
• Unreasonable behaviour
• Tantrums in younger children
• Regression in behaviour
• Difficulty sleeping
• Loss of appetite
• Loss of motivation
• Lack of concentration
6. How transitions may affect children’s behaviour and development
Long term effects:
• Self harming
• Withdrawal
• Avoiding social contact
• Lack of concentration
• Not learning/developing
• Low self confidence and self esteem
• Strained relationships
What possible ways does your setting support children as they start nusrsery with you, and then after a length of time once they are familiar and settled in their room, how are they are supported to change rooms?
7. Supporting children through transition involves
• Explaining what's going on
• Discussing what is happening
• Providing activities that help to distraction, focus and give opportunities for communication, language and literacy
• Have routines that reassure children of what's next
• organise visits that help children be familiar with places they'll be attending.
From page 145 of this EYE handbook
When children move from one setting to another, they are making a transitionl They may do this during the course of a day or a week or they may move onto school or another early years setting.
Children need emotionla security and so partnership working is essential for providing children with continuity. Ealry years practitioners will exchange information about the child's progress, interests and needs, always with a parent's permission. For a child who moves between childminder and a pre-school, a notebook might be used to exchangeinformation about what the child has done. In the case of children starting school, it is usual for children to visit the school with their early years practtioners and also for the new teachers to come to the early years settings. During transition, partnership working also means that records about children;'s learning an progress are transferred, provided parents have given consent.
p.149
when children move from their home to an early years setting, we must find ways of making this as smooth as possible.Where there are strong prnerships with parents, it is easier to help the child make the move.
p.270 looks at supporting individual needs of children during transition and how planned events play a part in this eg.
- Nursery and pre-school visits
- Home visits
- Specialist support for speakers of other languages
- Making sure records are upto date
- Arrangments for key person systems and colleagues from the setting
- Parents and carers involvemnt
- Role and responsibility of the setting's Early Years SENCO
Quote from page 79 CYPW handbook
Regression: showing behaviours of younger chidlren eg. bedwetting, sucking thumb, talking like a younger child
Aggression:frustrated outburts, unreasonable behaviours, temper tantrums
Withdrawal: quiet, solitary behaviours, unwilling to join in with others or new activities
Clinginess: unwillingness to leave the sight of a carer or familiar adult. Requires more physical reassurance than before
Illness: genuine and psychosomatic - complaints of stomach pains, cold sores, increased number of colds and viruses
Extroverted behaviours: unusually cheerful, outgoing, boisterous and attention seeking
Sleepnessness: difficulty in falling asleep, nightmares, walking in the night, waking in the night, tears at bedtime
Lack of concentration: difficulty in concentrating, lack of motivation, easily distracted
Depression: sadness, tearfulness, also other signs such as sleeplessness, lack of appetite
Food issues: refusal to eat, fussy eating, overeating and eating disorders
Behaviour: uncooperative behaviour, antisocial behaviour, slamming doors, shouting, swearing
Self-harm: cutting, drinking alcohol, taking drugs, risky behaviour eg. bets and dares on train tracks
Best wishes