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Kearney, Christopher A.; Lemos, Amie; Silverman, Jenna – Behavior Analyst Today, 2004
School refusal behavior refers to child-motivated refusal to attend school and/or difficulty attending classes for an entire day (Kearney & Silverman, 1996). As such, the term represents an umbrella construct for many historical ones that have been used to describe youths with problematic absenteeism, including truancy, psychoneurotic truancy,…
Descriptors: Functional Behavioral Assessment, Resistance (Psychology), Attendance, School Phobia

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