School Refusal Behavior: Children Who Can’t or Won’t Go to School

I am unexpectedly thrilled at the depth this little course delved into the issue of school refusal behavior.

A thorough look at school refusal issues with relevant implications for intervention strategies.

One of the best on line courses I have taken.

The materials were very well organized, clear and a lot of useful/practical ideas and suggestions.

It was very helpful to read different ways to help school refusers.  Thank you.

I like doing these on my own time due to me schedule. I've always been pleased with the information.

Very relevant course. Love the ease/clarity of material.

This was a very relevant course to the work I do.  Very helpful.

There were more test questions, some of them fairly challenging which is unusual for an online course, but it was very informative.

It's a confusing area with students who have few common features.

This course packed a lot of useful information into a compact package.

As a teacher (grades 2-10) and an LMHC, this course was extremely helpful. The information was useful and definitely applicable.

I work in a school system, so this was a very helpful course.  School refusal is encountered quite often, with parents usually requesting homebound instruction to address the problem.

Great course! Clear, complete, and useful.

Very informative. I'm excited to share this info with my colleagues.

Excellent course, and very relevant to the work I do as a special education administrator.

I found this presentation very interesting.  I have only had one student with school refusal problems, it took an entire semester to ease him back into the educational environment. This information reinforced the fact that as a school community we were able to get this student back to school in a nurturing and caring manner.

The course gave me useful tools to carry out my work.

This course had such a nice balance of research/statistics, case studies/examples, and core information.  This format was wonderful, I wish more were like this.  I found the case studies/examples great ways to illustrate the information discussed in a pertinent and applicable way.

 I thought the materials were excellent and I learned a lot

Challenging and informative with the most up to date information on DSM?5.

Well done course. Should be useful information with my work.

I like the test because it also leaves me with a quick reference to go back to when I need to reinforce my learning. 

Thanks for course! A lot of great information!

I would like to know more about the most recent research as I think most of what was quoted was several years old. Otherwise, it was thoroughly helpful, as I work in a school setting.

Just the information I needed. Thank you!

I really enjoyed this course. It's content was rich and the writing and explanations were clear. 

Very relevant to my work!

I found the material very useful, something that I can use in the school I work with. I found the description of the four functions of school very helpful and something to think about when working with students. Was easy to read and understand. 

An excellent course and experience. Thank you

Wish I had taken this course years ago when I was doing attendance mediation.

Excellent...very thorough and practical.

Excellent information ...greatly appreciate clarity on treatment plans for school refusals and behaviors to discourage by parents.

Very thorough presentation regarding a difficult issue.

Very readable, good scenarios, and a clear presentation.

Thank you for this information I feel it is a valuable resource to helping our HS and MS population of students refusing to attend school and I will do my best to help the parents and administrators to understand the different types of students that are refusing to attend school.

I recommend adding information to share directly with parents.

This is a particular area of interest for me and I appreciated the information. There were a couple of area that weren't clear or I misunderstood, so will review.

Loved the information I gathered from this course!

One of the better Continuing Education courses for someone providing psychological services in schools. Great reference tool to determine reasons and interventions for truancy/school refusal.

Great course for school psychologists dealing with school refusal.

Great course in explaining school refusal behavior.  To the point, gave examples, and clear explanation.

As a OT and a mom who homeschools, this information was very interesting since we are not in the schools.

Comprehensive.  Easy to follow.  Well written.

Very helpful now that I am working in a school. I now have some ideas about how to help students in this area.

A great overview along with a wide range of appropriate interventions!

This was one of the best CE courses I have done lately.

Excellent course that every school counselor could learn from.

Very good information and presentation of material.

Great presentation for parents and therapists.

This was a very informative course and provided great detail and specifics regarding interventions and background knowledge. Very relevant for my practice as a school social worker. Thank you!

This information was helpful in that I understand different plans that are most/least effective for different types of school refusal. One size fits all approach definitely does not work here, so I found that to be most helpful when creating more individualized plans.

After the pandemic we are seeing an increase in school refusal behavior. This is helpful in understanding how to go about helping the students and the parents.

I am a retired LPC, but this course helped me understand my grandson's anxiety in his kindergarten class this past year!!

This course well excellent. The material was presented clearly and I learned so much. This was my first course with PDR and I will definitely do another course.

One of the best CEU courses that I have completed to date from PDR.

Will absolutely use these protocols with students!

I will be utilizing this information in my middle school. It was very helpful!

One of the best CEU courses that I have completed to date from PDR.

As I work with few children or adolescents much of this was new to me. However I do see one adolescent with this issue, so it gave me slot of new insights and approaches  to pursue.

 While much of this information was a review for me, I thought this reading added some new information which will be helpful in therapy. I thought this was very well laid out.

Lately, I have worked with students with anxiety who have poor attendance. I think some of information can help with making recommendations.

This course is fabulously informative and lays out a framework for understanding school refusers and specific approaches for intervention.

As a Licensed Counselor and Board Certified Behavior Analyst, I loved the blend of CBT & ABA in this course! This course helped me develop a starting point for students who refuse to attend school.