Category: Transitions
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By Tanka Dahal It was the early days of the pandemic when the COVID-19 was taking its flight from Wuhan, China, and was landing at various destinations across the world. Where COVID-19 landed it upset the…
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By Catherine Koini Last week we welcomed a Ukrainian refugee family into our home in Belgium. A young mother, father and 3 month old baby daughter. Upon hearing the first missile at 4am on 24th…
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By Elizabeth F. S. Hannah The past 2 years have been challenging as we have experienced periods of uncertainty in due to the COVID-19 Pandemic. In Blog 16. Wellbeing during COVID-19 lockdown: Meeting psychological needs (June…
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By Ben Broadhurst with Jonathan Glazzard I am currently in my third year of a degree in Primary Education. Prior to coming to university, I did not see myself as intellectually talented. Now in my third year…
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By Dr Kieran Hodgkin and Dr Samantha Shields Setting the context For students, the transition into Higher Education (HE) has long been an area of concern. Early transitional work explored academic and social integration as the…
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By Iona Campbell Moving towards adulthood is an exciting time for young people as they embark on a journey that leads to more responsibility and independence. This time can also bring challenges for young people…
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By Colette Moran It is indisputable that the Covid-19 school closures and subsequent lockdowns have had a significant impact on young people in Ireland. Children have missed many significant milestones including communions, confirmations and graduations.…
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Challenges of school transitions for children with autism spectrum disorders during COVID-19: A psychologist’s view By Mariana Pacheco As a psychologist, my work focusses on children with autism, helping their educational development and first experiences in…
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Challenges of school transitions for children with autism spectrum disorders during COVID-19: A psychologist’s view By Mariana Pacheco As a psychologist, my work focusses on children with autism, helping their educational development and first experiences in…
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Transition, well-being and the return to school By Jo FittzGerald Any transition is a time of change and can be extremely challenging for anyone. For those children moving from primary to secondary school, or indeed experiencing…
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By Divya Jindal-Snape In this video you can hear about my conceptualisation of transitions, our latest primary-secondary transitions research and an explanation of my Multiple and Multi-dimensional Transitions Theory. Some references https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/rev3.3197https://bera-journals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/berj.3561 https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10648-008-9074-7 https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1365480207086750 https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/e/9780203859124https://www.macmillanihe.com/page/detail/a-z-of-transitions-divya-jindal-snape/?sf1=barcode&st1=9781137528261 https://bmcpalliatcare.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12904-019-0414-9…
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By Marion Burns As children start school are COVID-19 restrictions undoing years of progress with transition to school practices? All across Scotland children starting school have been waiting with family members for the school gates to…
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By Marion Burns As children start school are COVID-19 restrictions undoing years of progress with transition to school practices? All across Scotland children starting school have been waiting with family members for the school gates to…
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By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can…
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By Samuel Stones, Jonathan Glazzard, Divya Jindal-Snape and Chris Murray; Artwork Catriona Laird This comic illustrates the impact of Covid-19 transitions on school educators and the pupils in their care. It demonstrates how transition experience can…
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By Alexia Barrable The COVID-19 pandemic and the necessary response from it triggered multiple transitions for all. One of the constants during this period was the natural world, and more than 60% of adults turned to the natural world for…
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By Arun Verma In 2017, I delivered my first ever keynote for Pride month at a university that was about my doctoral research exploring themes of diversity, inclusion and intersectionality. To talk about diversity, is a personal experience…
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By Arun Verma In 2017, I delivered my first ever keynote for Pride month at a university that was about my doctoral research exploring themes of diversity, inclusion and intersectionality. To talk about diversity, is a personal experience…
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By Samuel Stones It is at this time of the academic year when we often see secondary school staff visiting primary schools in their local area. These visits are typically part of a broader programme aimed…
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By Samuel Stones It is at this time of the academic year when we often see secondary school staff visiting primary schools in their local area. These visits are typically part of a broader programme aimed…
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By Elizabeth F. S. Hannah The UK Government imposed UK-wide lockdown on the 23rd March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others, I listened to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, make this announcement on…
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By Elizabeth F. S. Hannah The UK Government imposed UK-wide lockdown on the 23rd March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Like many others, I listened to the Prime Minister, Boris Johnson, make this announcement on…
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By Moira Leslie Living in an Armed Forces family very often entails high levels of mobility with frequent moves of home, school and sometimes even different countries. One parent’ s work related transitions trigger multiple transitions…
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By Moira Leslie Living in an Armed Forces family very often entails high levels of mobility with frequent moves of home, school and sometimes even different countries. One parent’ s work related transitions trigger multiple transitions…
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By Jonathan Glazzard and Samuel Stones This blog addresses the impact that Covid-19 is having on higher education students. It outlines some of the potential challenges associated with the Covid-19 lockdown and provides some practical advice…
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By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary…
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By Divya Jindal-Snape As Scotland prepares the route map for coming out of lockdown, the First Minister, highlighted the importance of prioritising those children and young people’s return to school who are to transition to primary…
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By Anj Snape and Divya Jindal-Snape; artwork Ashling Larkin COVID-19 has triggered multiple and multi-dimensional transitions for everyone. This blog post is in the form of a comic. ‘Lost, and found, in transitions’ tells the story…
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By Jonathan Glazzard and Samuel StonesThis blog explores the transitions that teachers are experiencing during the Covid-19 lockdown. It explores the challenges that they are facing and provides practical guidance to support teachers during the current…
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By Jonathan Glazzard and Samuel StonesThis blog explores the transitions that teachers are experiencing during the Covid-19 lockdown. It explores the challenges that they are facing and provides practical guidance to support teachers during the current…