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Understand the potential effects of transitions on children and young people’s development

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Transition means any stage or experience in a child or young person’s life. It often affects behaviour and . Some transitions are to all children and young people, including starting school and puberty, and some only happen to a few, such as a baby, or parents separating.

Which of these transitions are experienced by most children and young people at some point in their lives? Select two answers.

Starting school

Moving house

Moving through school years

Serious illness

Which of the following transitions are less commonly experienced? Select four answers.

Entering or leaving a care setting

Starting employment

A new step-parent

Starting school

Starting nursery or other childcare

Puberty

Serious illness

Bereavement

Which of the following are good ways to support children and young people through transitions? Select two answers.

Emphasise the positive side of transition

Encourage conversation about the forthcoming transition

Leave the child to adapt to the transition over time, with little to no support offered

Take control of the transition and ask the child or young person not to mention it again

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