2.1 Explain The Importance Of Transitions In Research

When a young child is going through a transition like bereavement of a primary care giver it is important that the child is prepared for what is going to happen, and also that people like a key worker is put in place for the chid. The theorist that links into this is Bowlby and his theory on attachment 1907-1990. He stated that children will have more than one person that they get attached to. This could be a keyworker or someone in the setting. If the child is having support from key worker or a practitioner it’s important that they have a strong bond with one another. However they should not be getting too attached as the child needs to realise that the practitioner is not their parent but is someone who they can speak to and trust. The practitioners needs to makes sure that they don’t over step the line by starting to act like the child’s parent. To go with Bowlby’s theory, …show more content…
As the child has lost his mother at the age of 5 years old then this could have a impact on the child’s later life development. This is because the child would have time to form attachments like Bowlby’s theory, however, if the child did have a secure attachment with their primary care giver then they would have developed emotionally because they would have had that person with them to teach them. Although it is still traumatic for the child to lose their parent the secure attachment formed in early life will help them overcome this terrible experience. I have witnessed this in my setting with a child that went into foster care at a very young age and is still in the system. This impacted on their development as they were seeing child with their parents and they couldn’t understand where their parents were. The practitioners in my setting had to work closely with the child and other