What is a transition? and what are types of transition?

[Ruthierhyme]

Hi welcome to silkysteps, excellent list provided moodie xx

A transition could be described as the time beween two points.

eg: A ... transition is the time it takes to reach ... B in ways that mean someone needs to emotionally, intellectually and physically adjust to what's involved in leaving point A & arriving at point B.

They can be large, more significant transitions, such as understanding or getting used to the idea of moving from a familiar primary school to a less familiar, more daunting secondary school, or smaller trasition such as a change to the setting's routine and the activities.

Transitions can be positive/good, negative/not good! or evoke indifference.

As possible adult example ..

• You are expecting the arrival of a brand new car/other item and find it hard to settle in anticipation of it - the hard to settle is the transitional part and possibly based on positive feelings looking forward to having it at last ...
• You have been asked to attend a grievance meeting and now wait outside an office to discuss what happened - the wait outside is transitional and can trigger negative feelings of concern, worry, insecurity, don't know what will happen, what you'll be asked, what's already been said, how you'll cope.
• You are visiting a relative as part of a regular occurence - visiting can be the transitional part, as this is something you have experience of doing on many other occasions/times you'll have a basic understanding of what to expect and maybe feel more relaxed about the process.

For children these can equate to waiting for a birthday to arrive, being party to conflict and attending a setting that is familiar, they know their way around with people & resources they recognise & know how and when to access them.

I hope this helps
xx