Supporting Young Children Through Change and Everyday Transitions

"The available literature on supporting young children through change focuses on the transition to school, but there are many other types of change children may experience in the early years. These changes can have an impact on their wellbeing and development if they aren't properly supported and there is no practical guidance available for early years practitioners on how to do this well. This book begins by explaining the importance of supporting children through change for their social and emotional development and shows how supporting them through change now will give them better resilience to cope with change later in life. Taking changes of routine into their stride is part of the personal, social and emotional development goals of the EYFS framework, so this is something EY practitioners have to think about. The second section of the book looks at different types of change children can encounter (e.g. moving house, new sibling, separation of parents, moving nursery, starting school, death/bereavement, etc.) and gives practical advice and ideas on how early years practitioners and parents can support them through it"--