Helping Your Child With September Transitions By: Toni Schutta | Aug 27th 2009 - September, like no other month, is a time of transitions for your child. Starting a new grade. Getting a new teacher. Learning new classroom rules. Adding more homework. you can expect an added level of stress as your child adapts to the change. The best response to stress is to provide empathy and support, help the child gain a sense of control, create rituals that provide predictability and teach your child ways to de-stress. Tags:September transitions, academic transitions, transitions