Assessing and Treating School Avoidance in Adolescents

1. Assess the four functions that maintain school avoidance behavior as reported by Kearney & Silverman (1993).
2. List two assessment measures to screen for school avoidance behaviors.
3. Describe three clinical interventions when working with youth with school avoidance and parents.
4. Describe a strategy for communicating and collaborating with schools.

1. Heyne, D., & Brouwer-Borghuis, M. (2022c). Signposts for school refusal interventions, based on the views of stakeholders. Continuity in Education, 3(1), 25–40. https://doi.org/10.5334/cie.42
2. Kearney, C. A., & Albano, A. M. (2007b). When Children Refuse school: Parent Workbook. In Oxford University Press eBooks. https://doi.org/10.1093/med:psych/9780195308297.001.0001
3. Chockalingam, M., Skinner, K., Melvin, G., & Yap, M. B. H. (2022b). Modifiable Parent Factors Associated with Child and Adolescent School Refusal: A Systematic Review. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 54(5), 1459–1475. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10578-022-01358-z
4. Elliott, J. G., & Place, M. (2017d). Practitioner Review: School refusal: developments in conceptualisation and treatment since 2000. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60(1), 4–15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12848

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