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school refusal
school refusal School refusal is a persistent or recurring pattern in which a young person has trouble getting to school, staying there, or taking part in school, and the difficulty is expressed by the young person rather than being explained by a single cause.
School refusal is a persistent or recurring pattern in which a young person has trouble getting to school, staying there, or taking part in school, and the difficulty is expressed by the young person rather than being explained by a single cause. It commonly involves distress or other aversive school-related experiences and can be maintained by different avoidance or reinforcement patterns.