Part 6
By following these steps and maintaining open communication with healthcare providers and school personnel, parents can effectively support their child's well-being and academic success despite mental health issue leading to school refusal.
This is what parents can do to help their child with school refusal due to an adjustment disorder:
Establishing a community truancy prevention committee, involving school, law enforcement, parents, and the community, can enhance prevention efforts. Activities like clarifying school policies, educating about consequences, and providing positive role models can be effective.
There's a huge scarcity of research on the effectiveness of truancy prevention programs, particularly...
The current disciplinary approach to truancy often relies on punitive measures, which research clearly shows to be highly ineffective. A shift towards primary, secondary, and tertiary prevention programs is recommended. Primary prevention targets all students to reduce truant behavior incidence. Secondary interventions focus on high-risk students with characteristics predictive of truancy, while tertiary...
PART 3
DEFINING TRUANCY VS SCHOOL AVERSION – SCOLIONOPHOBIA
Navigating the intersection of mental health care and special education advocacy is a complex endeavor that requires coordination and collaboration across multiple systems. Parents and education advocates often find themselves in a challenging position where healthcare providers, particularly primary care physicians, may...
The establishment of compulsory attendance laws in the 1800s marked a pivotal moment in educational history, reflecting society's shift towards valuing education and child welfare. These laws were designed with multifaceted objectives, aiming to keep children out of the workforce, promote widespread access to education, and foster socialization among young individuals. Over...
Truancy is more than a disciplinary issue; it's often a symptom of deeper challenges, especially for students with mental health disabilities like adjustment disorder with school phobia. Criminalizing absenteeism without understanding its root causes perpetuates injustice and harm. There is a transformative potential in addressing truancy through the lens of social justice, mental health, and disability advocacy by focusing on how the Individuals with...
When you think of truancy, what comes to mind? Perhaps images of rebellious behavior, a child who is using drugs, or juvenile delinquency surface. How about a student with overall disdain for authority and the sarcasm to prove it?
What if I told you that for a significant number of students in the Truancy system, there's a deeper layer, a tangled web of unaddressed mental health issues intertwined with...
As a Board-Certified Education Advocate, I often work with parents who are understandably frustrated after attending numerous meetings with their child's school that seem to go nowhere. All parents want for their child is to receive the appropriate supports and services to succeed, yet far too often schools provide misleading or false information to avoid responsibility.
A recent case that came across my desk is a perfect...
Welcome back to our blog series on Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Speech Generating Devices (SGDs). As advocates we are always filling in the blanks looking for the needs missed, incompetence presumed, challenges not considered etc., etc. In this day and age you would think that the provision and implementation of AAC/SGD devices would have little resistance, especially since the positives so outweighs the...
Welcome to the final part of our blog series on Alternative and Augmentative Communication (AAC) and Speech Generating Devices (SGDs). In our last post, we delved into the key responsibilities of speech and language pathologists (SLPs). Now, let's continue to explore their crucial role in AAC/SGD implementation.