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School Refusal Behavior Resources

Articles:

Elliott, J.G. (1999). Practitioner review: School refusal: Issues of conceptualization, assessment, and treatment.  Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 40(7), 1001-1012.

Evans, L.D. (2000).  Functional school refusal subtypes: Anxiety, avoidance, and malingering.  Psychology in the Schools, Vol. 37(2), 183-191.

Kearney, C.A., & Sims, K.E. (1997).  A clinical perspective on school refusal in youngsters.  In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice, 3(1), 5–19.

King, N.J., & Bernstein, G.A. (2001) School refusal in children and adolescents: A review of the past 10 years. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 40(2), 197-205.

Lee, M.I., & Miltenberger, R.G. (1996).  School refusal behavior: Classification, assessment, and treatment issues.  Education & Treatment of Children, 19(4), 474-487.

Searcy, S. (1996).  Friendship interventions for the integration of children and youth with learning and behavior.... Preventing School Failure, 40, 131-140.

Setzer, N. & Salzhauer, A. (2001).  Understanding school refusal. NYU Child Study Center. Available at: http://www.aboutourkids.org/aboutour/articles/refusal.html.

Stickney, M.I., & Miltenberger, R.G. (1998).  School refusal behavior: Prevalence, characteristics, and the schools' response.  Education & Treatment of Children, 21(2), 160-171.

Terry P.M. (1998).  Do schools make students fearful and phobic? Focus: nurturing caring relationships in today's schools.  Journal for a Just & Caring Education, 4(2), 193-212.

Books:

Kearney, C.A. (2001).  School refusal behavior in youth: A functional approach to assessment and treatment.  Washington, DC:  American Psychological Association.

Kearney, C.A., & A.M. Albano, A.M. (2000).  When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach – Therapist Guide.  San Antonio, TX: The Psychological Corporation.

McEwan, E.K. (1998).  When kids say NO to school: Helping children at risk of failure, refusal, or dropping out - A guide for parents and educators.  Wheaton, Ill.: Harold Shaw Publishers.

Rapee, R.M., Spence, S.H., Cobham, V., & Wignall, A. (2000).  Helping your anxious child.  Oakland, CA: New Harbinger Publications.

Wimmer, M.B. (2003). School Refusal: Assessment and Intervention within school settings.  Bethesda, MD: National Association of School Psychologists.

Websites/Organizations:

American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry (2003).  Facts for Families.  Available at: http://www.aacap.org/publications/factsfam/index.htm

American Academy of Family Physicians.  Fremont, W.P. (2003).  School Refusal in Children and Adolescents.  Available at:  http://www.aafp.org/afp/20031015/1555.html

Christenson, S.L. (2001). Check & Connect - a model to promote students' engagement with school. Available at: http://ici.umn.edu/checkandconnect/default.html

Morse, A.B., Christenson, S.L. & Lehr, C. A. (2003). Staying in school: A guide to keeping students actively engaged in school. Available at: http://www.teachersandfamilies.com/open/parent/engage5.cfm

National Dropout Prevention Center (2004).  Effective strategies.  Available at: http://www.dropoutprevention.org/effstrat/effstrat.htm

Summit Education Initiative (Summit County, Ohio), (2002).  Truancy: Attendance in school and its implication for Summit County. Available at: http://www.seisummit.org/truancy.htm