Stl Level 2 Unit 201 3.1/3.2

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Child Development transitions 3.1 An explanation of how different types of transitions can affect children and young people 1. The 4 types of transitions are • Emotional - personal experiences such as parent's separating, bereavement, begining or leaveing a place of care. • Physical - change in environments • Intellectual - maturation, moving from one educational establishment to another. • Physiological - pubertyor medical conditions Transitions matter - supporting childnens in their ealry years foundation stage from Kent.gov.uk from Pensylvania USA better kid care.psu.edu... Understanding transitions Mommy don't go Transitions the clues and Understanding emotional wellness http://www.silkysteps.com/forum/showthread.php?t=11109 2. Common Transitions 0-19 years, possible affects and benefit positive relationship may have: • Babies weaning - young children may not like the texture or taste of other foods and may lose weight if weaning attempts to replace a milk diet too early. Children may begin to have disturbed sleep patterns, be more irritable whilst awake and less motivated to try new foods. Supportive relationships help to overcome the anxiety during these times with use of a soothing, calm voice, reassurance through eye contact, physical contact to comfort, play ideas that help distract tension and diffuse worry, or maybe anger at facing another unwanted episode of food tasting. Motivate trying new foods by showing how you taste them first and what imapct that has - facial expression yum, where this is hesitant try a tongue tip & touch approach to a new food, have knowledge of baby led weaning and the benefits this has for self motivated experimentation with foods, tastes, flavours, textures that are set solely at the child's own pace: Weaning and supporting children during this transition - leaflet from the Department of
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