Anxiety Based School Avoidance

Service Description

This online group session aims to explore the issue of anxiety-based school avoidance. Many children, of all ages, have become extremely anxious about attending school. This situation was aggravated by 'lockdown' during the Covid years, resulting in an ever increasing number of children refusing to go back to school. The longer children are out of school, the harder it becomes for them to re-integrate back into the educational system. This session aims to give some practical advice and information to help parents encourage their children back to school, focussing on understanding, helpful language and ways to support self-control over strong emotions.