When Children Refuse School

Dr. Christopher Kearney is a noted authority on school refusal behavior and anxiety in youth. His research interests include school refusal behavior, selective mutism, posttraumatic stress disorder in maltreated youth, perfectionism, and other anxiety-related conditions in children and adolescents as well as issues of quality of life in persons with severe handicaps. He has published several books and numerous book chapters and journal articles on these. Dr. Kearney also conducts workshops for school districts and mental health and other agencies regarding school refusal behavior and selective mutism.Dr. Anne Marie Albano is an expert in the diagnosis and treatment of anxiety and related disorders in youth. She has published more than 100 articles and chapters and is the co-author of several cognitive behavioral treatment manuals and of the Anxiety Disorders Interview Schedule for Children, all published by Oxford University Press. Dr. Albano served as a Principal Investigator of a6-site, National Institute of Mental Health-sponsored study entitled "Child/Adolescent Anxiety Multimodal Treatment Study" (CAMS) and the Extended Long Term Follow Up of CAMS (CAMELS) and also was a PI for the Treatments for Adolescents with Depression Study (TADS). Both trials examined the relative efficacy of CBT, medication, combination treatment, and pill placebo in youth.

• TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER 1: IntroductionCHAPTER 2: AssessmentCHAPTER 3: Consultation Session and General Treatment Session ProceduresCHAPTER 4: Children Refusing School to Avoid Objects or Situations that Cause General DistressCHAPTER 5: Children Refusing School to Escape Anxious Social and/or Evaluative SituationsCHAPTER 6: Children Refusing School for AttentionCHAPTER 7: Children Refusing School for Tangible Rewards Outside of SchoolCHAPTER 8: Preventing Slips and Relapse About the Authors