Observation Task 3: Managing Transitions

 List the type and function of the transitions that you observe during the entire school
day.
 Identify the strategies that are used by your MST to facilitate these transitions.
 Comment on the success of these strategies in terms of both promoting positive
behavior and minimizing the incidence of challenging behavior.
 Make practical suggestions about how these transitions could be modified in order to
further promote positive behavior and minimize the incidence of challenging behavior.

Discuss the possibility of managing these transitions yourselves with your MST. With reference to
your notes decide how best to do this and implement it next week. Evaluate your own performance
and redesign your strategies based on your experience. Build on your learning in this area over the
course of the placement.

Table 9: Example ‘Managing Transitions.’

Type and function of Strategies used to Efficacy of the strategy in Suggestions for further
transitions facilitate terms of promoting development.
transitions positive behavior and
minimizing challenging
behavior.
1
Moving The teacher tells Moving the basket with a Maybe rather than moving the
the the children to song is a reason to not basket they can move only the
basket move the basket, making any noise or snakes by taking one thing and move
and then they making the classroom it.
move the basket dirty with the food.
with a song they
sing it.

2
The teacher rings Ringing the bell is a
. the bell to let the reason to let the children
children set in their not making any noise.
place without
making any noise.
The bell
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