This webinar defines school refusal and summarises the range of factors underlying school refusal including child, parent/family and school factors. School refusal occurs when a child is unable to attend school due to emotional distress about attending, and despite parent’s best efforts to enforce attendance. Concern has arisen about increasing levels of school refusal in the context of the Covid-19 pandemic.

This webinar will enable you to, define school refusal, explain what can underlie school refusal, identify tools that can support an assessment, describe a collaborative managment approach and

design an attendance plan.