Children confront many transitions throughout their lifetime that can be stressful. They face their first transition from home to school, elementary to middle school, middle to high school, and high school to college or work (Schumacher, 1998). However, the transition from elementary to middle school seems to be harder for adolescents due to the personal changes of puberty. Research suggests that roles, expectations, and responsibilities are the primary concerns of students (Akos, 2002). In order to make this transition easier, programs such as “blocking, shadowing, or buddies” need to be implemented the year preceding middle school and continue through the first year of transition. The transition from elementary to middle school is a major event in the lives of students and parents. Most students will experience some emotional turmoil and social adjustment due to unfamiliar students, school staff, multiple sets of behavioral and classroom rules and expectations (Akos, 2002). The results of the middle school years affect young people through adolescence and adulthood (Greene, & Ollendick, 1993). Several studies have reported that this transition is the reason for declines in academic achievement, self-esteem, and interest in school (Kingery, Erdley, 2007). Therefore, these students need to receive assistance prior to, during, and after the move (Schumacher, 1998). Orientation for transition programs should begin for elementary students who will be attending middle school the following year (Ferguson, & Bulach, 1994). Elementary schools need to implement problem-solving skills training for fifth grade students that reduce the level of difficulty with common occurring stressors (Greene, & Ollendick, 1993). Research suggests tha... ... middle of paper ... ...tudents. Retrieved from http://www.eric.ed.gov/PDFS/ED380878.pdf Fields, D. (2002). Transition 101: from elementary to middle school. Education Digest, 67(7), Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.libsrv.wku.edu Greene, R. W., & Ollendick, T. H. (93). Evaluation of a multidimensional program for sixth-graders in transition from elementary to middle school. Journal of Community Psychology, 21. Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.libsrv.wku.edu Kingery, J.N., & Erdley, C.A. (2007). Peer experiences as predictors of adjustment across the middle school transition. Education and Treatment of Children, 30(2), Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.libsrv.wku.edu LaForge, A.E. (1999). What really happens in school. New York: Hyperion Schumacher, D. (1998). The transition to middle school. ERIC Digests, Retrieved from http://web.ebscohost.com.libsrv.wku.edu
The main purpose of this article, "Bringing Mental Health needs into focus through School Counseling Program Transformation” was to explained how a transformation of a program in a school setting can help tremendously the overall well-being of students. This transformation was done with the collaboration and effort of school counselors, administration, and teachers. This article focus on the need for school counselors to be involved more into the mental health problems of the students, rather than being so overwhelmed with managing testing, clerical tasks, and tracking credits (Gruman, Marston, & Koon, 2013). The first main point this article wanted to explain to the reader was the link between students’ psychological concerns and the students’ ability to succeed academically in school. In addition, to point out the difficulties that school counselors experienced to help students with high risk mental problems. For example, due to the limited time that a school counselor has to actually use to the fullest his or her counseling skills in a school setting, the school counselor may face difficulties identifying students’ mental health problems (Gruman, et al., 2013).
Seltzer describes the period of rapid development that occurs during adolescence “frameworklessness”. Seltzer uses the term frameworklessness because the significant physical, cognitive, and social changes that occur during adolescence creates a sense of anxiety and instability in an adolescent. During this time, adolescents begin to rely less on their parents and more on their peers who can relate to their sense of frameworklessness. This shift in dependency on peers provides adolescents with the opportunity to shape their identity. Peers enable this growth by providing support and social comparison. Often times, adolescents feed off of the beliefs and actions of their peers that typically shapes their own beliefs and actions. The shift in parental involvement typically occurs once adolescents enter the secondary school levels.
According to Steinberg (2014) adolescents is a time of growing up, of moving from the immaturity of childhood into the maturity of adulthood, of preparation for the future. It is a period of transitions: biological, psychological, and social. Adolescence can begin as early as ten years of age and not end until the adolescent is in their early twenties. It is important to note that adolescent development occurs at different times for each individual. Therefore, students in the same grade that are around the same age may be going through different developmental stages of adolescents. The purpose of this analysis paper is to discuss the different stages of adolescent development, how they affect the maturity of the students and to determine
Children between the ages of 8-12 are defined as being within the developmental stage of middle childhood. At this age, the rapid development of previous stages has decreased and the physical changes within this period are slower and more defined. The refinement of gross and fine motor skills is a critical aspect of this stage as the delayed or retarded development can have significant impact on the areas of cognitive, social and emotional development. In order to ensure children are equipped with the correct knowledge and understanding of health, well being and healthy eating, the period of middle childhood is one in which these aspects are incorporated and failure to properly do so can result in long term ramifications and problems.
Because of this complex range of developmental levels, middle school teachers must have an understanding of what middle level students are like, as well as how they can approach the challenge of teacher a whole ...
Making the transition from middle school to high school is a huge stepping stone in a teenager’s life. High school represents both the ending of a childhood and the beginning of adulthood. It’s a rite of passage and often many teens have the wrong impression when beginning this passage. Most began high school with learning the last thing on their mind. They come in looking for a story like adventure and have a false sense of reality created through fabricated movie plots acted out by fictional characters. In all actuality high school is nothing like you see in movies, television shows, or what you read about in magazines.
The text depicts a historical perspective on Middle Childhood, as during the twentieth century, children were viewed primarily as an economic source of income, in terms of providing for the family. According to the text this happens often in European counties and in parts of the United States. Elizabeth D. Hutchinson, Dimensions of Human Behavior The Changing Life Course 3rd, 2008. In this short review we will look at how this historical perspective in itself is not a question to how, but when these individual give.
The transition from an elementary school to a middle school is a big deal especia...
School counseling has evolved over the years into a significant component of the educational system. School counselors are taking on new roles in schools as leaders, working with “school administration and staff in developing student attitudes and behavior which are necessary to maintain proper control, acceptable standards of self-discipline and a suitable learning environment within the school” (Secondary School Counselor 2012). Counselors work in “diverse community settings designed to provide a variety of counseling, rehabilitation, and support services” (Counselors, 2010). When working in a school district as a counselor, you can either be an elementary school counselor, middle school counselor or a high school counselor. This essays explores a recent interview with a high school counselor.
Adolescence seek out help through transitions and acceptance because adolescence have a tendancy of associating activities with race while resluting in insulting other students from different racial backgrounds. The social and biological both influence identity development along with the influence of race and school systems and educators need to replace all negative views on students from a different racial background with a positive ones. By doing this, teaching children that you are different from one another and have different values in life is something to be proud of because it should not matter who you are and where you come
Middle childhood is the time where children start to fully develop their skills. They develop their comprehension skills, communication skills, and many more. In order to get a better look into the life of children during this stage, I decided to observe my niece’s friend, Ryan, who is almost at the end of her middle childhood stage. Ryan is an eleven year old girl who attends Bassett Elementary. I choose to observe Ryan because, she is a very unique girl who does not always fit into what the average girl her age is like.
This Transition Summary provides ideas and information on how students, families, school personnel, service providers, and others can work together to help students make a smooth transition. In particular, this document focuses on creative transition planning and services that use all the res...
Young adolescents can be described as ages 10-15 years old, but it is also considered that adolescence continues until the age of 25. During this time in an adolescent’s life there are many internal and external factors that affect the development of each individual. The influence that an adolescent’s peers, parents, and community have on them can be conflicting and therefore cause stress. Trying to meet the expectations of others during a time where one is going through so many forms of physical, psychological, and cognitive development can be trying for a middle school aged student. They are expected to focus on their education and the expectation of other outside influences while their bodies are growing and developing into an adult body. When development happens differently for these kids it can affect their psychological development if they focus too much on how fast, or slow they are developing in comparison to their peers. Some adolescents may let their peers influence their behaviors creating a problem with how they interact with others, or how they view themselves as a person. The middle school is a place where students are guided through these developmental experiences with the help of their peers, teachers, administrators, parents and community.
...avior support, and transition to school. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10(3), 149-157. doi:10.1177/10634266020100030301
New developmental tasks are undertaken in middle childhood and development occurs within the physical, cognitive, cultural identity, emotional, and social dimensions, Although each developmental domain is considered separately for our analytical purposes, changes in the developing child reflects the dynamic interaction continuously occurring across these dimensions. For this specific case study, I will only be discussing two of these domains, which are the social development and the physical development.