School refusal and bad sleep
Practical steps that will help if your child becomes unable or unwilling to attend school.
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Explore " school refusal" with insightful episodes like "School refusal and bad sleep", "How to help your child through back-to-school jitters", "How to Avoid School Avoidance", "Struggling with school refusal? Here's what a therapist would do." and "Talk About IT! End. The. Stigma." from podcasts like ""Life Matters - Full program podcast", "RN Drive - Separate stories podcast", "Health Matters", "Sensory W.I.S.E. Solutions Podcast for Parents" and "Parenting the Mental Health Generation"" and more!
Episodes (9)
How to help your child through back-to-school jitters
The 2024 school year kicks off this week much to the relief of parents who have been counting down the remaining days of school holidays like a prison sentence.
How to Avoid School Avoidance
With a new school year starting, Faith Salie speaks with child psychologist Dr. Anne Marie Albano about the signs of school avoidance. Dr. Albano gives parents and caregivers tips on how to intervene in these situations and offers adults ways to start tough conversations with their kids.
Struggling with school refusal? Here's what a therapist would do.
Do you have a child who refuses going to school and you either can’t figure out why or can’t figure out how to best help them? In this episode, Natasha Daniels educates us on what to do (what not to do) and general strategies for responding to school refusal. She also talks about some common school accommodations you can ask for to help your child have a more successful day.
Natasha Daniels has been an anxiety & OCD therapist for over two decades. She has become the go-to global expert for parents raising kids with anxiety and OCD. She combines both her clinical expertise with her lived experience of raising her own three kids with anxiety and OCD.
She is the creator of the popular website AT Parenting Survival, As well as the host to the top rated show AT Parenting Survival Podcast and the Youtube channel, Anxiety & OCD Support. She also gives in-depth support to thousands of parents raising kids with anxiety or OCD in her online membership AT Parenting Community.
Natasha is also the author ofAnxiety Sucks! A Teen Survival Guide , How to Parent Your Anxious Toddler, Social Skills Activities for Kids and It’s Brave to Be Kind.
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Sensory W.I.S.E. Solutions Podcast for Parents
en-usOctober 17, 2022
Talk About IT! End. The. Stigma.
One of the best ways to support our children's mental health is to talk about our feelings. But that's easier said than done with a kid who doesn't want to share. In this episode of Parenting the Mental Health Generation, we talk with three local school leaders about how they get kids talking. This conversation takes place as we celebrate Mental Health Awareness Month and work to reduce the stigma around mental health struggles. Join Amy O. (aka the mom) and Dr. Lisa (aka the psychologist) as they speak with Coach Geo, a high school teacher and coach, Blake Zweig, M.A., a middle school psychologist and Dr. Brian Wegley, a superintendent.
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This is the conversation you aren’t having with your kids' doctors and teachers because time doesn’t allow it. Or, with your friends, because they just don’t get it. So put in your earbuds,
take this 30 minutes for you and join our conversation because mental health matters.
Amy O. (aka the mom) is the founder and Dr. Lisa (aka the psychologist) is an active board member of CATCH, Community Action Together for Children's Health a nonprofit organization on the Northshore of Chicago with a mission to empower
families to foster resilience and prioritize mental health and emotional wellness in their children through educational programming, access to resources, and peer support.
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School refusal: When kids say no
Lots of kids say “I don’t feel like going to school” at some point. But for some, it's more than that — they flat-out refuse to go. And you can’t make them. School refusal is real, and it’s trying to tell you something. But how do you figure out what that is? In this episode, hosts Amanda Morin and Gretchen Vierstra talk with a family who’s been “in it” when it comes to school refusal. Listen to Erin and Meg share the story of their son’s school refusal. Find out what they did to get through it. Plus, learn common signs of school refusal.
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20. Navigating Back to School Anxiety
In this episode, we discuss coping with anxiety as kids head back to school. With returning to in-person learning, students may experience a variety of emotions, including excitement and anxiety. In this episode, our guests discuss the symptoms children and parents may be experiencing and the potential for anxiety disorders to be exacerbated as students return to in person school. They provide great advice for parents about monitoring what kids hear and take in as well as techniques to help children feel supported and heard. They touch on how clinicians can normalize these experiences for their clients and tools you can use in session. Finally, they talk through the process of communicating about anxiety with the teacher as well as tools for managing anxiety in the home.
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Real Talk for Therapists
enSeptember 27, 2021
17. CBT for Kids!
In this episode, we discuss using Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) with kids and creative ways to teach it to children. Our guest today is Registered Clinical Counsellor and Author Sharon Selby. Sharon starts out with explaining what CBT looks like in session and how she refines it for use with children and teens. Sharon discusses using art in CBT with children and teens and also talks us through breaking down neuroscience and the fight or flight response for younger people. This episode is full of ways to use CBT with children and teens and includes Sharon’s unique interventions for specific situations, including school refusal. The episode wraps up with the psychoeducation piece for parents and how to help them avoid common mistakes.
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School Refusal Series Part 1: Re-Integrating and Retaining Students After COVID
After more than a year of hybrid and remote learning, students have experienced a new normal of staying home. School professionals are concerned that a wave of school refusal will hit us this fall. How can we prepare?
In this episode, Chris talks about strategies for school refusal intervention with Dr. Paul Barbato, Director of Special Services in Dumont, NJ Public Schools. Dr. Barbato is also an Adjunct Professor at three NJ colleges and holds leadership positions in several key NJ educational organizations.
Highlights include:
- How to identify students at risk before the school refusal behavior becomes entrenched
- Who should be included on a multidisciplinary team to address school refusal
- Ideas for a three-tier intervention plan: school-level, targeted groups, and individual supports
- How to get started and where to focus your efforts first