As done with school refusal

As done with school refusal



The school phobia refers to a child's prolonged refusal to experience going to school for some kind of fear. A fear that may be related to factors such as education (master fear, poor school performance, problems with peers), negative life events (prolonged illness, breakdown of family togetherness), the anxiety of separation from parents (negative separated from the mother), as well as to other agents.

Not always the child who cries when he has to go to school is school phobia, so it must be distinguished from what is called school refusal, when there is a conscious decision by the child to refuse to go to school, which has no do with the anxiety it causes school phobia.

The first symptoms of school phobia are
- Physiological symptoms: sweating of the hands and body, high muscle tension, vomiting, diarrhea, changes in diet and sleep.

- Cognitive symptoms: Fear of everything related to being at school without being able to specify which. What is striking is that fear disappears over the school and reappears the next day when you must leave for him.

- Symptoms in behavior: negative behavior. Run a scandal if he is forced to dress, eat breakfast, etc., Scream, cry and if you make them stay in class is very disruptive behavior.

Diagnosis and treatment of school phobia
When the child emits and repeat these symptoms for at least 6 months, you will need special attention and even a therapy to avoid possible impact on their studies and implementation of homework. Children, unlike adults, do not recognize the situation as irrational.
Before any psychological treatment call your pediatrician to rule out that these symptoms were unrelated to a physiological problem. And when it has ruled out the existence of such problems, the psychologist will be responsible for diagnosing and treating school phobia based on specific parameters.

As for parents who are in this situation, can follow some recommendations:
- Talk with your child, with siblings, friends and teachers;
- Let your child goes to school incorporating gradually;
- Try to have someone pick up the child from school on the door and escort you to the class;
- Try not to let the child go to a class you have friends or your teacher is trusted to him;
- It's good to go to school at times when there is no class to become familiar with the center;
- Reward your child to your care;
- Establish a formal system of rewards;
- Ignore the negative comments about the child and the educational center and never promote their views;
- Have the child keep a daily routine at the schedules and standards;
- Encourage school friendships that are established outside the school also.