“School refusal behavior refers to child-motivated refusal to attend school or difficulties remaining in class the entire day. The Kearney (2008a) definition is the standard: Therefore, having a consistent description is essential. These more anxious and/or depressed students sometimes responded to attempts to get them re-engaged with extreme reactions that may have appeared oppositional. There were others for whom the absence of personal connection and structure of the typical school day led to depression and anxiety more typical of SRB. In some cases, this lack of participation is similar to a truancy type of behavior, which is more oppositional than anxiety-based. What school refusal behavior looked like during the pandemicĮven during this modified school year, a significant number of students engaged in SRB by not logging on to remote classes, not putting on their camera, or not completing their work. Here’s a primer to help you understand the basics of school refusal behavior. Parents and schools will need to be prepared to address SRB at levels that we have not experienced before. Come the new school year, when schools will likely be entirely in-person, we can expect to see the resurgence of SRB in students who have displayed it in the past and newly emergent SRB in students not previously identified.
However, school professionals know that this respite did not cure school refusal but just provided a way for it to lay dormant. The last 18 months of highly modified school days have provided welcome relief for students who present with School Refusing Behavior (SRB).
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