Helping Your Child Return to School

School Refusal: A Guide to Help Your Child Return to School

von Christopher East

134 Seiten, Taschenbuch

Kurzbeschreibung des Verlags

Helping Your Child Return to School: Overcoming School RefusalWhen your child says, "I can't go to school," it can leave you feeling worried, frustrated and unsure of what to do next. But school refusal is often more than defiance or unwillingness. It can be a powerful signal that a child is frightened, overwhelmed or no longer feels safe.Written from the perspective of an author with more than 30 years of experience working with children experiencing emotional distress, anxiety and other mental-health difficulties, this compassionate guide helps parents look beyond the refusal and begin understanding what their child may be trying to communicate.Rather than offering a rigid timetable or encouraging parents to force a child back through the school gates, the book focuses on listening, safety, rebuilding confidence and supporting a gradual return when the child is ready.Inside, you will discover how to: - Listen in a way that helps your child feel genuinely heard.- Understand what anxiety and survival mode can feel like.- Help make school feel safer again.- Rebuild damaged confidence and self-belief.- Create a gradual Staircase Plan for returning to school.- Give your child practical strategies for difficult moments.- Reduce shame surrounding school refusal.- Recognise common approaches that may unintentionally make things harder.- Know when additional professional support may be needed.- Use reassuring words and calm communication during difficult days.- Understand that recovery can have setbacks as well as progress.- Work together with school, family and other supportive adults.The book progresses from understanding and connection through to safety, confidence, coping strategies, professional support and the gradual journey back to education.School refusal can affect the entire family. There may be difficult mornings, tears, arguments, guilt and moments when progress seems impossible. This guide does not expect parents to handle everything perfectly. Instead, it encourages a calmer and more compassionate approach in which the parent becomes a steady, reliable presence while the child slowly rebuilds trust and confidence.Although bullying is used throughout the book as an important example, the principles are intended to be relevant to boys and girls experiencing school refusal for a variety of reasons.You do not have to force your child back to school. You can help them develop the confidence to take the next step themselves.A supportive and practical Kindle guide for parents and carers trying to understand school avoidance, anxiety, bullying, emotional distress and the difficult journey back into education.

• Reihe: Independently published
• ISBN: 9798171119652
• Sprache: Englisch
• Erscheinungsdatum: 01.09.2026
• Größe: 279 x 216 mm
• Verlag: Independently published