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Educational Psychology in Practice
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School Non‐attendance: Definitions, meanings, responses, interventions

Pages 63-77 | Published online: 28 Feb 2007

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Rhonda Boaler, Caroline Bond & Louise Knox. (2024) The collaborative development of a local authority emotionally based school non-attendance (Ebsna) early identification tool. Educational Psychology in Practice 40:2, pages 185-200.
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Chiara Enderle, Heinrich Ricking & Gisela C. Schulze. (2023) School Absenteeism in Germany: A Shift from Punishment to Support?. European Education 55:3-4, pages 148-171.
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Frederikke Skaaning Knage. (2023) Beyond the school refusal/truancy binary: engaging with the complexities of extended school non-attendance. International Studies in Sociology of Education 32:4, pages 1013-1037.
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Shannon Corcoran, Caroline Bond & Louise Knox. (2022) Emotionally based school non-attendance: two successful returns to school following lockdown. Educational Psychology in Practice 38:1, pages 75-88.
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Kelly M. Champion & Sarah T. Trane. (2020) Children of Divorce amid Allegations of Violence Need Clinical Child Expertise: Adapting Empirically Supported Interventions. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health 5:3, pages 365-378.
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Maria Cabo Dannow, Barbara Hoff Esbjørn & Sophie Wollny Risom. (2020) The Perceptions of Anxiety-related School Absenteeism in Youth: A Qualitative Study Involving Youth, Mother, and Father. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 64:1, pages 22-36.
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Adele Tobias. (2019) A grounded theory study of family coach intervention with persistent school non-attenders. Educational Psychology in Practice 35:1, pages 17-33.
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Kate Faye Billington. (2018) Using an active listening approach to consider the views of three young people on the topic of missing education. Educational Psychology in Practice 34:4, pages 337-351.
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Matt Baker & Felicity L. Bishop. (2015) Out of school: a phenomenological exploration of extended non-attendance. Educational Psychology in Practice 31:4, pages 354-368.
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Trude Havik, Edvin Bru & Sigrun K. Ertesvåg. (2015) Assessing Reasons for School Non-attendance. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research 59:3, pages 316-336.
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H.C.M. (Tim) Carroll. (2015) Pupil absenteeism and the educational psychologist. Educational Studies 41:1-2, pages 47-61.
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Trude Havik, Edvin Bru & Sigrun K. Ertesvåg. (2014) Parental perspectives of the role of school factors in school refusal. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties 19:2, pages 131-153.
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Isabel Rose Gregory & Anita Purcell. (2014) Extended school non-attenders’ views: developing best practice. Educational Psychology in Practice 30:1, pages 37-50.
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Clare Nuttall & Kevin Woods. (2013) Effective intervention for school refusal behaviour. Educational Psychology in Practice 29:4, pages 347-366.
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Maeve Thornton, Merike Darmody & Selina McCoy. (2013) Persistent absenteeism among Irish primary school pupils. Educational Review 65:4, pages 488-501.
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H.C.M. (Tim) Carroll. (2011) The peer relationships of primary school pupils with poor attendance records. Educational Studies 37:2, pages 197-206.
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AaronR. Lyon & Sheldon Cotler. (2009) Multi-Systemic Intervention for School Refusal Behavior: Integrating Approaches across Disciplines. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion 2:1, pages 20-34.
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Manoj Kumar Sahoo, Snigdha Awasthi, Harshita Biswas & Susanta Kumar Padhy. (2024) School Refusal Behavior: A Narrative Review. Journal of Indian Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health 19:4, pages 344-354.
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Manru Yan. (2023) School Refusal: Conceptualization, Leading Factors, and Intervention. Journal of Education, Humanities and Social Sciences 8, pages 627-633.
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Shannon Corcoran & Catherine Kelly. (2022) A meta‐ethnographic understanding of children and young people's experiences of extended school non‐attendance . Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs 23:1, pages 24-37.
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Kerrie Lissack & Christopher Boyle. (2022) Parent/carer views on support for children's school non‐attendance: ‘How can they support you when they are the ones who report you?’. Review of Education 10:3.
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Jennifer Gillis Mattson, Summer B. Bottini, Kelly A. Buchanan, Mohammed Jarbou & Daehan Won. (2022) Examination of School Absenteeism Among Preschool and Elementary School Autistic Students. Advances in Neurodevelopmental Disorders 6:3, pages 331-339.
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Katie Finning, Obioha C. Ukoumunne, Tamsin Ford, Emilia Danielson‐Waters, Liz Shaw, Ingrid Romero De Jager, Lauren Stentiford & Darren A. Moore. (2019) Review: The association between anxiety and poor attendance at school – a systematic review. Child and Adolescent Mental Health 24:3, pages 205-216.
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