{"id":50141,"date":"2025-05-15T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2025-05-15T19:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/?post_type=download&#038;p=50141"},"modified":"2025-05-16T10:25:56","modified_gmt":"2025-05-16T14:25:56","slug":"session-300-understanding-chronic-absenteeism-and-school-refusal","status":"publish","type":"download","link":"https:\/\/behavioralobservations.com\/be_obs\/downloads\/session-300-understanding-chronic-absenteeism-and-school-refusal","title":{"rendered":"Session 300: Understanding Chronic Absenteeism and School Refusal"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"\">Listen on: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/chronic-absenteeism-and-school-refusal-session-300\/id1086413253?i=1000708494018\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/episode\/4OOLrkVre3cpsJt7CxKqjs?si=IC5JwtZoTZKJqDRbpeTMhA\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/fav6KBmnrp8?si=U-ZMBo_xuquE5-Nz\">YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Instructor: Kristen McNeely, BCBA, LMFT<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Learning CEs: 1.5<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kristen McNeely joins me for an informative discussion about the challenging topic of School Refusal and Chronic Absenteeism.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">If you are in any way connected to a school community, you've probably heard about this difficult and growing problem. As we discuss in this episode, school refusal is an ever-growing concern, and it manifests itself in numerous ways.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Kristen is both a BCBA and a Licensed Marital and Family Therapist in California, and she spends nearly all of her time working with parents who have children who engage in school refusal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">In this episode, we cover:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">The distinction between the terms Chronic Absenteeism and School Refusal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">How School Refusal can be thought of as a continuum of attendance patterns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The role of anxiety in these response patterns.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Assessing the function of School Refusal behaviors.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Helping parents intervene with School Refusal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">The importance of wrap around supports for severe cases.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">How School Refusal can turn into what's known as Failure to Launch.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">You're going to want to listen all the way through to the end because she closes the show not only some awesome advice for the newly minted, but a poignant personal story.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"\">Resources mentioned in this podcast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li class=\"\">The <a href=\"https:\/\/schoolavoidance.org\/\">School Avoidance Alliance<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/abs\/10.1207\/s15374424jccp2201_9\">Kearney and Silverman (2010)<\/a>. Measuring the Function of School Refusal Behavior: The School Refusal Assessment Scale.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.spacetreatment.net\/\">SPACE<\/a> (Supportive Parenting for Anxious Childhood Emotions).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.abainsidetrack.com\/get-ceus\/episode-58-school-refusal-behavior\">Episode 58<\/a> of ABA Inside Track (Interview with Christopher Kearney).<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Kristen's <a href=\"https:\/\/kristenmcneely.com\/\">website<\/a>.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li class=\"\">Kristen's <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/childhood.empowered\/\">Instagram<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Listen on: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | YouTube Instructor: Kristen McNeely, BCBA, LMFT Learning CEs: 1.5 Kristen McNeely joins me for an informative discussion about the challenging topic of School Refusal and Chronic Absenteeism. 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