School Anxiety & Avoidance – Wandering Minds

This come up pretty much weekly in my clinical work. I've phrased the heading very specifically. In many cases you'll see it referenced as "School Refusal". I've a difficulty with that description being used as it gives the impression that the young person is being "bold" or "oppositional" by refusing to attend school. Certainly for…

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