Effect of Positve Relationships During Transition Essay Example

emotional transition from one phase of their education to the next whether that is the transition from nursery to reception or year 6 to secondary school. The children and parents are encouraged to be actively involved in the process and their views about transitions are explored and appreciated. At Hallsville Primary school transitions are never disregarded but facilitated through planning well in advance.

Time is planned for termly eetings between Nursery and reception, and reception and year one teachers and support staff to discuss on going assessments and profile information. As a one to one teaching assistant within year 6 I aided a child through his transition to secondary school. The child and I had a very positive relationship which was both a help and a hindrance. T was a boy on the autistic spectrum. During his annual review it was discussed that T would be able to visit his new school regularly, they also discussed all the new and exciting opportunities which would be open to him at his new school.

We physically began T’s transition as soon as he had sat his S. A. Ts. However it had all been planned many weeks before during his annual review, We went on weekly visits to his new secondary school during different times of the day to enable him to see his new environment at various times. We also began to phase him into wearing shoes and this had become a bone of contention with him; he was adamant he would not wear shoes only trainer’s. Due to the good relationship we had I was able to convince T to try wearing shoes

for just 20 minutes a day so his feet could get used to them.

I complimented him on how smart and handsome he looked whenever he grew agitated. This continued for weeks. We also got him used to reading a timetable and writing his homework in a dairy. I escorted T to his induction day at his secondary school and sat with him during his lessons, at the end of the day T was introduced to his new TA however he found this extremely confusing as he had assumed I would be coming to his new secondary school with him.

This became a massive issue for T as he felt our relationship should continue on into his secondary school education. This made me become more aware that he needed to develop independence from me, so the school agreed to begin to pull me away from his class for one lesson a day to start with. This was successful, as it allowed T to see he could function without me which decreased his anxieties.