school refusal
Won't attend class
School refusal is a child's persistent resistance to attending school, driven by emotional distress rather than defiance or truancy.
Unlike skipping school for fun, school refusal typically involves anxiety, physical complaints, or panic at the prospect of going: Her school refusal began after winter break.
The term is clinical, used by psychologists and educators to distinguish anxiety-based avoidance from willful absence.
Act of escaping detection
- escapeFlight from captivity
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
- hidingStaying out of sight
excuses · dawdling · clinging · bargaining · pleading · tantrums · shutting down · tardiness
Unauthorized absence from school
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- dropoutOne who quits early
- suspensionTemporary halt or exclusion
expulsion · virtual learning · tutoring · makeup work · falling behind · enrollment · compulsory education · attendance officer
Emotional response to threat
- panicUncontrollable sudden fear
- dreadIntense anticipatory fear
- phobiaPersistent irrational dread
- worryTroubled mental state
nervousness · apprehension · separation anxiety · social anxiety · overwhelm · distress · hypervigilance · trepidation
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- gradual exposureSlow introduction to feared stimuli
- IEPPersonalized learning accommodation document
504 plan · psychologist · psychiatrist · pediatrician · family therapy · CBT · reintegration · truancy officer
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- academic pressureStrain from educational demands
- learning disabilityNeurological condition affecting information processing
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
- transitionChange from one state
divorce · trauma · grief · sensory overload · autism · ADHD · depression · family stress
evasion
Act of escaping detection
- escapeFlight from captivity
- withdrawalAct of taking away
- resistanceCapacity to withstand force
hiding · excuses · dawdling · clinging · bargaining · pleading · tantrums · shutting down · tardiness · absenteeism
truancy
Unauthorized absence from school
- absenteeismHabitual failure to attend
- attendanceRecord of who's present
- dropoutOne who quits early
suspension · expulsion · virtual learning · tutoring · makeup work · falling behind · enrollment · compulsory education · attendance officer
fear
Emotional response to threat
worry · nervousness · apprehension · separation anxiety · social anxiety · overwhelm · distress · hypervigilance · trepidation · unease
therapy
Curative mental treatment
- counselingProfessional guidance for problems
- accommodationShelter or housing provided
- gradual exposureSlow introduction to feared stimuli
IEP · 504 plan · psychologist · psychiatrist · pediatrician · family therapy · CBT · reintegration · truancy officer · mental health support
bullying
Aggressive repeated intimidation
- academic pressureStrain from educational demands
- learning disabilityNeurological condition affecting information processing
- perfectionismCompulsive pursuit of flawlessness
transition · divorce · trauma · grief · sensory overload · autism · ADHD · depression · family stress · peer rejection
- disordersADHD, disorder, anxiety, dysfunction, autism
- truancytruancy, skipping class, cutting class, playing hooky, hooky
- child psychotherapyplay therapy, Melanie Klein, art therapy, sand tray, sandplay
- school attendanceattendance, absence, absences, truancy, tardy
- alternative educationdemocratic education, unschooling, Montessori, Montessori method, Waldorf
- child distressanxiety, fear of dark, fearfulness, nervousness, nightmares
school refusalschool attendance
Student presence rate
perfect attendance · truancy · showing up · daily attendance
school refusalschool readiness
Developmental preparation for education
school, schooling, refusal, schooled, schools, schoolgirl, schoolboy, preschool, schoolchild