Anxiety Answer Book by Laurie Helgoe

Author:Laurie Helgoe
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Sourcebooks, Inc.
Published: 2010-03-24T16:00:00+00:00

As the previous task becomes manageable and 50% less anxiety-provoking, keep working up the hierarchy. You want to feel little distress with an item before moving on to the next more challenging step.

What is school phobia?

A great many children prefer to skip school rather than attend, at least occasionally. However, school phobia, now more commonly referred to as school refusal behavior, can become a debilitating pattern for some children. According to the Anxiety Disorders Association of America, this problem affects 2-5% of school-aged children. Peak difficult times occur between the ages of 5-6 and 10-11. School refusal behavior may also be more apparent after school vacations or summer break.

School refusal behavior is a serious problem, but it can be treated! Facilitating a child's avoidance of school is one of the most unhelpful things parents can do, however. The more a child avoids school, the more his negative beliefs become entrenched. By getting out of school, a child builds up more anticipatory anxiety. Further, he doesn't get to test out his negative predictions to see that things aren't as bad as he thinks.

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