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

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In this tutorial you will learn:

About transitions and experiences in the life of a child.
That some children don't like change, especially change that is imposed upon them.
How a good practitioner will sympathetically support a child through transitions.

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This resources from Cruse Bereavement Care offers several articles about bereavement and children and young people.
The Joseph Rountree Foundation looked at ‘Facing family change: Children’s circumstances, strategies and resources’. Read Chapter 6 ‘The role in schools’ and chapter 7 ‘Participation and support’ for more information on how children view the support of the adults around them.
This article from The Guardian newspaper looks at ‘How can teachers support vulnerable children in school?’
Click to read ‘Trans and gender questioning pupils’ from the Nation Education Union website. This guidance sets out sets to deal with pupils who may be transitioning from one gender to another or questioning their gender.
This section of the Council for Disabled Children’s website contains useful links on transitions.

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