Complexity of the period physiological adaptation

The first year of child schooling is trial period for parents

The first year of schooling is not only one of the most difficult stages in life child, but also a kind of trial period for parents. First, it is during this period requires their maximum participation in the child’s life. Secondly, when early learning clearly show all their flaws. Thirdly, if there good intentions, but the lack of a psychologically literate approach, the parents themselves often become perpetrators of school stress in children.

At the same time in the 1st class, the Foundation for the relationship of the child to school and training. For children the most successfully passed this stage their lives, their parents need to know and take into account daily features mental and physiological state of children, arising from the beginning learning in the school.

School from the first days puts before the child a number of tasks requiring the mobilization of his intellectual and physical strength. Children are very difficulties many aspects of the educational process. They find it difficult to sit through a lesson in the same posture, it is difficult not to be distracted and to follow the thought of the teacher, it is difficult to do time is not what you want, and what they require, it is difficult to hold back and not Express aloud their thoughts and emotions that appear in abundance. Besides, guys don’t immediately learn new rules of behavior with adults, did not immediately accept the position teachers and establish distance in relationship with him and others adults in the school provided for the post by International Adoption research blogger and columnist.

So you need time to adapt to schooling, the child accustomed to new conditions and learned how to meet the new requirements.

           Adaptation to school is a multifaceted process. Its components are physiological adaptation and socio-psychological adaptation (to teachers and their demands, to classmates).

           Physiological adaptation.

Getting used to new conditions and requirements, the child’s body goes through several stages:

1) First 2-3 weeks of training called “physiological storm”. During this period, all new impact the child’s body responds to significant voltage of almost all of their systems, that is, children spend a large portion of resources of the organism. This explains the fact that in September many first graders are sick.

2) the Next stage of adaptation – volatile device. The child’s body finds reasonable, near-optimal versions of the reactions to the new conditions.

3) After that, a period of relatively stable fixture. The body responds to the load with less stress.

The total length of the adaptation period varies from 2 to 6 months in depending on the individual characteristics of the student.

Many parents and teachers tend to underestimate the complexity of the period physiological adaptation of first-graders. However, according to the observations of physicians, some children lose weight by the end of the 1st quarter, many decline blood pressure (a sign of fatigue), and some a significant increase (sign of fatigue). Not surprisingly, many first graders complain of headaches, tiredness, and other ailments in 1st quarter. Manifestations of difficulties of addiction and the surge of the body can also cause moodiness children at home, reducing ability to self-regulation of behavior.

Will not be superfluous to remember about all of this before, blame the kid in laziness and shirking from his new responsibilities, but also to remember, what difficulties with health he has.

Risk factors in the child’s development can be extremely varied: this and diseases of the mother during pregnancy, and features of course of childbirth, and diseases carried by the child during early childhood (especially in the first year of life), and of course, chronic diseases.

I want to draw the attention of parents to the fact that not only chronic diseases affecting the successful adaptation of children at school, but frequent colds, which many parents do not attach much importance. Consider even common cold. From various ailments and he seems to be the most harmless. However, we note that the shortness of nasal breathing provides a sufficient amount of oxygen in the lungs and in the brain, which leads to fatigue, poor health and, in the end, to the educational backlog.

Children who have persistent difficulties with health, in the school often faster become fatigued, their efficiency reduced teaching load may be too heavy.

These children need a special approach and attention of adults. First, you need if possible, reduce them to psychological stress. For this second half of the day they had better stay at home and not cram school, and it is desirable provide them with 2-hour NAPs. Secondly, we must not forget that physically weakened children need daily walks in the fresh air and a long night sleep (about 11 hours). And of course, you need to remember the need of psychological support. The child must be sure that his house is still loved and respected, despite all school difficulties.