Denizli Private Surgery Hospital Specialist Clinical Psychologist Gülşah Özcan, who made suggestions to parents during the school adaptation process of children starting school for the first time, emphasized the importance of the attitude and calm approach to be adopted by parents against children who become irritable.
The 2024-2025 academic year calendar will start on Monday, September 9, with the calendar announced by the Ministry of National Education. For pre-school and 1st grade students, the first bell will ring on Monday, September 2. Adaptation trainings will be held on September 2-6 for students who will start pre-school education and primary school 1st grade. As the little ones will meet school for the first time, families are also worried about adaptation problems. Pointing out that children who will start school for the first time have difficulty in separating from the family and become more irritable in this process, experts drew attention to the importance of parental support to overcome this process easily.
“The attitude of parents is very important when your children get irritable”
Pointing out that parents play an important role in this process for children who will start school for the first time, especially for children who have difficulty in separating, Denizli Private Surgery Hospital Specialist Clinical Psychologist Gülşah Özcan gave important warnings about how parents should approach their children. Özcan said, “Irritability problems are very common in children starting school, especially in children who have difficulty in separating. In such cases, the attitude of parents is very important for us. When the parents get irritable with the children, the problem increases a little more and the process becomes more complicated.”
“In this case, you need to be even calmer and give your children time”
Stating that preschoolers and children who have just started school are even more irritable and parents should be even calmer in this regard, Specialist Psychologist Özcan said, “In this case, parents should be even calmer and try to calm the child down instead of forcing the child to do what needs to be done first. It is very valuable to allow the problem they are experiencing and then talk to the children. There are some emotion regulation methods. Depending on the personal characteristics of the child, sometimes it is necessary to talk to your child and explain what will happen later after calming the child with methods such as hugging with a blanket, hugging the child, allowing the child to be irritable. Sending the child to school in this way is a healthier method. If this problem continues for a long time, it is necessary to get support from a specialist.”
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