Child Reflective Essay

From my current placement I have experience of working with a child going through this transition, this had a very big effect on the child holistically. It became obvious to me that the child was very worried and unsettled about this transition as we noticed a negative change in the child's behaviour as he started becoming aggressive to other children and started a tendency to play alone and withdraw himself from the class. There was also a significant decrease in his school work performance as he was very withdrawn and found it difficult to communicate with the other children and sometimes staff. Working within the multi-agency team we introduced this child to an advocate which acted as a professional friend and from this we saw a slight improvement in the child's holistic development and behaviour. When working within the school team, we were part of the multi-agency team who contributed to …show more content…
By introducing an advocate the child will still be building a strong positive bond, even though it is not with the primary care giver. An advocate will provide continuity for the child and help to ensure the child’s voice is heard but also to ensure the child has someone who is there for them. An advocate provides the child with someone who the child can confide in so they are not alone with their problems. This type of transition often affects children negatively and an advocate may help to bring back positivity to the child’s life and attitude by being positive around the child. When a child is in a positive and joyful atmosphere filled with positive relationships this may influence the child’s feelings and mood, making the child more positive. Whereas when a child is in an unhappy and negative environment it may have a negative influence on the child’s