Erikson's Stages Of Phychosocial Development

There are many effects of this transition for both the child and the parents. This places a huge disruption on their lives and relationships with family members and friends (if they have to move away) this can be very emotionally and mentally draining for the child as they may not understand fully of the situation due to their maturity. The child’s behaviour may change as they may start to rebel therefore it is vital that help and support is received for the child to help them through this difficult time, the social worker may help with this as they are the main link worker for the child or a mentor may be assigned to the child to give them help and support. When the child is removed from their home due to abuse or other various reasons they

Erikson 's stages of psychosocial development consists of different ages, the stage in which they are going through and what strength is developed, Erikson created 8 different stages, the first stage is for 0-1 year old and Erikson believed that they go through a stage of ‘trust vs mistrust’ this is when the child is beginning to trust the people around them and trust the environment around them, at this age Erikson believed that children create attachment with individual adults (usually their parents). In Erikson’s stages he believes that children the age of 6-12 go through a stage of industry vs. inferiority, at this age children usually begin to compare themselves to their peers and may feel a sense of failure if compared to other children their age and feel inferior to them. Children can lack empathy if they are competent therefore it is important for the child’s social worker and foster carer to boost the child’s confidence in order for them

Kellmer developed a theory that there are 4 equally important needs that the child should have, this includes, the need for love and security is a basic need that every child should have therefore a child living with parents may not have this need met and that 's the reason why they are taken into local authority care, when this happens then the child will receive this need. The second significant developmental needs is the need for new experiences, Kellmer thinks that this is vital for mental growth and is usually carried out through play when the child is younger, the child should have the opportunity to explore the world and the environment that they are in. the need for praise and recognition is also an important developmental need according to Kellmer and requires a large amount of learning emotional, social and intellectual. When a child is put into local authority care they will receive praise and recognition from their key worker and foster carer as they may not have received this from their parents, the child can then continue to develop to the norm. The last developmental need that Kellmer thinks that is significantly important to the child’s development is