Transitions

Transitions

1. subjective moral views

2. socially constructed,

   • age for independent cycling
     • expression of a specific evolving capacity
     • means towards evolving other capacities

3. have a legal basis.

   • law and policy to slow down (or even prevent) specific transitions (in the interests of health, safety and wellbeing)

4. Children’s evolving capacities

   • age-related competencies of developmental milestones or the law.
   • expression of the network of relationships around them
   • linked to the support and responses available within families, communities and society.

5. temporal (across time) transitions

   • linked to the child or young person’s growth, development or evolving capacities,
   • constructed as developmental stages
   • particular ages become associated with developmental stages
   • combination of transitions between spaces and across time

6. spatial(between spaces) transitions

   • moving between specific locations or services

7. can provoke different meanings and feelings, such as ambivalence or anxiety

8. Transitions between countries

9. Common transitions

10. multiple transitions

11. particular requirements associated with transitions