Unit 201 3.3

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3.3 Describe with examples how transitions may affect children and young people behaviour and development…. Transitions may affect the child in many ways for example, A new sibling coming into the family whether being born onto the family adopted or fostered, the child/ children already in the family may feel exited, happy, giddy on the other hand upset jealous may become withdrawn and start attention seeking among other things, this in turn would affect their development in many ways if they are exited their Emotional development will progress due to wanting to help be in there doing lots of things for baby, their intellectual development will progress due to learning new things talking to the baby telling it stories. Their social development can go in two ways, if they became withdrawn they will end up on their own and lonely or with the new baby they will be getting a lot of attention and will end up in the thick of it. Their physical development again can go either way too, they could develop trying impress others and new baby, or they may regress due to not getting enough attention and wanting more whether its good or bad attention. Another example, Puberty, a sudden change to the body hormones raging through the body, changing things dramatically. They may feel confident or ashamed depending on how young/old the child/young person is when these changes start. Their communication development may develop as they will learn new words, may decide to read up on their own changes I.E. periods for girls, and taking to parents/ guardians about what to do or what not to do. Emotional development as the changes may give the person some confidence and self-worth due to their developing new image. Their intellectual development may be affected in the case of girls, she may experience heavy painful periods and spend some time at home to get over this and in the case
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