School Refusal (Not currently offering this service)

When your child is refusing to go to school, it not only has a significant impact on their education, social development and mental health, it affects the whole family.

Having worked for many years in a secondary school in a pastoral role, I built up a significant amount of experience of working with young people who refused to go into school for a variety of reasons, but typically anxiety. This involved working with parents/carers, school staff and the child themselves to get them back into school.

Having gone away and gained several more years experience working with mental health issues and training as a clinical psychologist, I am drawn to return to this challenging but important work.

Services I can offer as part of this school refusal work:

Assessing and developing an understanding of the issues
Working with the family and school to come up with a plan that works for everyone
Offering 1:1 therapy with the child (in their home or at school) to help them develop the skills to overcome anxiety
Attachment and trauma training for school staff
Consulting with and offering support to key pastoral staff
Speaking to and helping with referrals to mental health services
Writing assessment letters for EHCP applications