This comprehensive guide, titled “Emotionally Based School Avoidance: A Guide for Parents,” is designed to provide parents with valuable insights and strategies to support their children who are experiencing emotionally based school avoidance. By utilising the information and strategies in this guide, parents can play a crucial role in supporting their children’s emotional well-being and facilitating their successful return to school.
Contents:
- Understanding anxiety and school avoidance
- EBSA and Special Educational Needs
- Working together with the school
- What you can expect your child’s school to do
- General strategies for how you can help your child at home
- How you can help if your child has separation anxiety
- How you can help if your child is at home during the school day and engages in lots of pleasurable activities
- Book List
- Sources of Information and Support
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Emotionally Based School Avoidance Parent Workbook
This is a resource designed to help parents understand and support their children who are struggling with anxiety and avoidance related to school. It offers practical tools like the CBT cycle to explore how thoughts, feelings, and actions are connected, and provides strategies for managing anxiety, coping skills, and working collaboratively with schools. The workbook also includes helpful communication techniques for validating children’s feelings and encouraging open conversations about their fears. Additional resources and links are provided for further guidance.
