Q&A | Emotionally Based School Avoidance
Channel: Pooky Knightsmith Mental Health
Date: 2020-06-26

This Q&A was run at the end of a live learning session about emotionally based school avoidance.  These were questions put to me by those who'd attended the course.  I hope you find the answers helpful! 

00:00 - How do we support anxious parents who are transmitting their worries to the child?

02:48 - What can we signpost parents to in preparation for the return to school?

06:25 - Practical ideas to help anxious parents calm things down

09:00 - what if the kids are going to a new setting with no familiarity?

12:13 - how do we re-engage with school refusers

14:30 - how can we best support children with underlying trauma / ACEs or ASD / ADHD

16:45 - how can I help a child who's witnessed domestic  violence

20:20 - how can we start a dialogue with adults who are anti-school

23:48 - how can we encourage a 14 year old boy to open up who won't talk to a parent or a counsellor?

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