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How to Address School Refusal

August 31, 2019

School refusal is a common problem, affecting up to 5% of schoolchildren. This episode takes a look at the limited research on the subject and goes over work done by experts at the Yale Child Center to put together some useful advice on how to address this problem in your...

What to Do About School Refusal? A Conversation With Two Experts

January 1, 2019

Amalia Londono Tobon, MD and Wendy K. Silverman, PhD, ABPP

Amalia Londono Tobon, MD Chief Resident PGY-5, Solnit Integrated Training Program at Yale Child Study Center. Wendy K. Silverman, PhD, ABPP Professor of Child Psychiatry and Director at Yale Child Study Center Program for Anxiety Disorders. Drs. Londono Tobon and Silverman have disclosed that they have no relevant financial or other interests in any commercial companies pertaining to this educational activity.

School refusal is a common problem, affecting up to 5% of schoolchildren. Even so, there are few clear guidelines on how to manage this problem. After seeing their article on the subject, we were able to talk with a child psychiatrist and a clinical child psychologist who focus a significant portion of their work on treating school refusal.