Building resilience
and mental wellbeing for children and young people

Emotionally Based School Avoidance

We will offer two sessions per term in this academic year. See our training pages for more details. 

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Session resources 

Presentation slides  

Resources referred to in presentation

West Sussex resources 

Spence Children’s Anxiety Scale (SCAS) - find out more about the scale and if it is appropriate for you to request to use it. 

Back to School, A guide for Schools and Teacher’s Guide (Manchester)  - pdf

Social and emotional based school avoidance - PDF

Managing anxiety problems 

Book: Understanding and Supporting C&YP with EBSA - Dr Tina Rae. A practical user-friendly toolkit of resources providing an overview of EBSA and strategies to support return to school, with a focus on transition from primary to secondary school and the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic. (we have a number of copies we can share with schools in return for a review for the wellbeing Hub.Contact us for more info

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