There are many transitions that children experience before they are five, including the first major transition from home to an early years setting. Successive changes can have a serious impact on young children and stress, separation and insecure attachments can affect not only a child-s emotional health but also cognitive and intellectual development.
Featuring new material on provision for two year olds, school readiness, and families and transitions, this thought-provoking text explains why transitions matter and provides practical guidance on how to support young children-s developing emotional resilience and equip them to embrace change in the future. Aimed at practitioners and students, this fully-updated second edition:
- draws together evidence from neuroscience, attachment theory, child development and childcare practices;
- provides a context for practitioners to empathise with children and families as they relate to their own understandin
