Author: Dr Sue Allingham

Transitions in the Early Years is the ultimate guide to how young children cope emotionally and physically with transitions between key stages and various settings.

This handy resource includes a clear outline of what transition is, with links to the EYFS framework, explains the importance of a key person approach, how to develop the physical environment and how to best work with families during transitions. It also features case studies focusing on a variety of practitioners in different settings, supplies resources that support auditing provision and future practice and provides examples of transition policies and opportunities to reflect on these.

This title is unique in considering children’s transitions between a variety of different settings. Accessible advice is supplemented with resource sheets, case studies and supporting photographs, and a concise breakdown of the theory and research behind transitions.

Publisher: Practical Pre-School Books, part of the Mark Allen Group. 

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