Helping School Refusing Children and Their Parents: A Guide for School-Based Professionals

By Christopher A. Kearney

Book Overview

Designed for guidance counselors, teachers, principals and deans, school psychologists, school-based social workers, and other school professionals, Helping School-Refusing Children and Their Parents outlines various strategies for helping children get back to school with less distress, all of which can be easily implemented in schools. This fully-updated second edition provides recommendations for a multi-tiered approach to school absenteeism that concentrates on prevention (Tier 1), early intervention for emerging cases (Tier 2), and more extensive intervention and systemic strategies for severe cases (Tier 3), with each tier based on empirically supported strategies grounded in scientific research.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0190662050
• ISBN13: 9780190662059
• Release Date: March 2018
• Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.1" x 9.1"