School Anxiety & Avoidance – Wandering Minds
![](https://wanderingmindofapsychologist.files.wordpress.com/2020/02/anxiety-blob-avoidance-4-600x600-1.jpg?w=600)
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…
![](https://dandeliontraininganddevelopment.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/EBSA-cycle-300x300.jpg)
What is Emotionally Based School Avoidance? - Dandelion Training & Development
![](https://www.parents.com/thmb/Eaq0C7w4Q3nwhDfD9inHN3f228o=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/Parents-dealing-with-separation-anxiety-Dennis-Madamba-Final-fdc07d13d6a340d8894dd0a35c2d2c85.jpg)
Separation Anxiety in Toddlers: Causes and Signs
![](https://galenhope.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/school-refusal-image-scaled.jpg)
School Refusal: Why It May Be More Than You Think
![](https://www.nirandfar.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/01/wandering-mind-featured-1080x675.png)
How To Tame Your Wandering Mind and Refocus
![](https://www.parents.com/thmb/t0yDW6ded1TG06uYV2f7xnp1KJE=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/GettyImages-1165535297-4984749bb6f4422a86fb41ff9901ba7e.jpg)
Anxiety in Children: Types, Diagnosis, Coping Strategies
![](https://static01.nyt.com/images/2022/01/19/well/19good-anxiety/19good-anxiety-videoSixteenByNine3000-v3.jpg?year=2022&h=1686&w=3000&s=615b0721be923c776d700449d15fb5fb87cc5d789d2797d69d4375e12c9dffb5&k=ZQJBKqZ0VN&tw=1)
How Anxiety Can Benefit Us - The New York Times
![](https://www.verywellmind.com/thmb/z0mGD98-I0GRgOwYMmy0sYucNRA=/1500x0/filters:no_upscale():max_bytes(150000):strip_icc()/coping-with-social-anxiety-disorder-3024836_final-9e513fa6770b4548b5f61d5c0d2ea079.png)
Social Anxiety Coping Skills: Best Self-Help Strategies
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/61UCELty9bL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Social Skills Teens Need to Survive High School: Learn to Communicate with Assertiveness to Spike Confidence, Gain Personal Growth and Squash Anxiety, With 37 Real Life Examples: 9798368236933: Gallant, M. A.: Books
![](https://images.theconversation.com/files/143000/original/image-20161024-28420-82av1j.jpg?ixlib=rb-1.1.0&q=45&auto=format&w=926&fit=clip)
What causes mind blanks during exams?
Social Skills Teens Need to Survive High School: Learn to Communicate with Assertiveness to Spike Confidence, Gain Personal Growth and
![](https://m.media-amazon.com/images/I/5172hMlZKyL._AC_UF1000,1000_QL80_.jpg)
Social Skills Teens Need to Survive High School: Learn to Communicate with Assertiveness to Spike Confidence, Gain Personal Growth and Squash Anxiety
![](https://i0.wp.com/www.additudemag.com/wp-content/uploads/2021/05/GettyImages-1199223934-e1621960827323.jpg?resize=1280%2C720px&ssl=1)
i0.wp.com//wp-content/uploads/2
![](https://www.youngminds.org.uk/media/kmqbawye/parents-challenging-behaviour.jpg)
School Anxiety and Refusal, Parent Guide to Support
![](https://www.barnardos.org.uk/sites/default/files/styles/b_lg/public/uploads/blog-anxiety-mother-daughter-walking-RS5026.jpg?itok=2Bvy0LFC)
Three ways to help your child cope with school anxiety