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School Refusal Behavior: Effective Techniques to Help Children Who Can’t or Won’t Go To School
Click here for text of School Refusal Behavior (48 Pages of Text)
OUTLINE
i: Truancy versus School Refusal
ii: Characteristics of School Refusers
iii: Underlying Psychological Disorders and Co-morbid Conditions
iv: Diagnostic and Assessment Issues
V: Functional Analysis of School Refusal
VI: Techniques to combat Avoidance of Negative Affect Situations
VII: Techniques to combat Escaping Aversive Social and Evaluative Situations
VIII: techniques to combat Attention Seeking Behavior
IX: USING Positive Reinforcement for School Refusal
X: Techniques for Educators and school Personnel
XI: Treatment Planning for School Refusal
XII: Case Studies
Learning Objectives: · Recognize the behavioral and clinical features of school refusers · Analyze the functional purpose of school refusal behavior · Differentiate between school refusal and truancy · Identify co-morbid psychological disorders associated with school refusal · Design treatment plans for school refusers · Distinguish the four categories of school refusers · Examine individual, family, and pharmacological approaches to treatment of school refusers
Methods: Text, Case Presentation, Post Test
Author: George B. Haarman, Psy.D., LMFT, is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist with over 30 years of experience. He currently is in private practice in Louisville, KY, and also serves as a consultant to several school systems regarding the assessment of children. His prior experience includes working with youth detention centers, juvenile group homes, child protective services, and juvenile probation. Dr. Haarman received his doctorate in clinical psychology from Spalding University in 1989 and is a member of the American Psychological Association. Dr. Haarman has been an instructor at Jefferson Community College, Bellarmine University, and Spalding University. He has presented seminars regionally and nationally on psychopathology, depression, and emotional disorders in children and adolescents. |
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