For some young people, school can cause a significant amount of distress. This can lead to difficulty attending school and school avoidance, and incidents of school avoidance are considerably on the rise since the pandemic began, Mark Smyth, Clinical Psychologist gives us some advice on dealing with this.  
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For some young people, school can cause a significant amount of distress. This can lead to difficulty attending school and school avoidance, and incidents of school avoidance are considerably on the rise since the pandemic began, Mark Smyth, Clinical Psychologist gives us some advice on dealing with this. Listen and subscribe to The Pat Kenny Show on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts and Spotify. Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App. You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.

For some young people, school can cause a significant amount of distress. This can lead to difficulty attending school and school avoidance, and incidents of school avoidance are considerably on the rise since&nbsp;the pandemic began, Mark Smyth, Clinical Psychologist gives us some&nbsp;advice on dealing with this. &nbsp;
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Incidents of school avoidance on the rise since the pandemic began

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