MS041: Supporting Students With School Refusal: From Functional Assessment to Intervention

Saturday, February 17, 2024
8:00 AM–9:50 AM CST

  • PMD: 1,4
  • Cost: Included in Registration
  • Skill Level: Advanced

Learner Objectives

This session will help participants…

  1. describe characteristics, warning signs, and risk factors of school refusal behavior.
  2. examine assessment procedures and tools for identifying the functions of school refusal behavior.
  3. identify evidence-based interventions that align with the assessment of school refusal behavior.
  4. recommend a plan to assess, intervene, and monitor school refusal behavior.
  5. determine current limitations in the available research and how that impacts the successful identification and treatment of school refusal behavior.

Description

School refusal impacts academic and social–emotional progress. The process of assessing and intervening with school refusal behavior will be discussed. Participants will have the opportunity to work through case studies.

Presenter(s)

Courtney E. Huguenin, Connetquot Central School District
Tom Brant, Amity Regional School District No. 5
Eric M. Elias, Meriden Public Schools

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