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Special sections, series, and issues

Heyne, D. (Ed.) (2019). School refusal and other attendance problems [Special issue]. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, XX (X).
Ingles, C.J., & Gonzálvez, C. (Eds.) (2019). Current advances on school refusal and other attendance problems: An international perspective. European Journal of Education and Psychology, XX (X).
Kearney, C., Gonzálvez, C., & Heyne, D. (Eds.) (2019). School attendance and problematic school absenteeism in youth [Research topic]. Frontiers in Psychology / Frontiers in Education, XX (X).
Gottfried, M., & Ehrlich, S.B. (Eds.) (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Combating chronic absence. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23 (1-2).
Reid, K. (Ed.). (2015). Managing and improving school attendance and behaviour: New approaches and initiatives [Special series]. Educational Studies, 41 (1-2).
Heyne, D. (Ed.) (1998). School refusal [Special series]. Behaviour Change, 15 (1-2).

2019

Allison, M. A., Attisha, E., & AAP COUNCIL ON SCHOOL HEALTH (2019). The link between school attendance and good health. Pediatrics, 143, e20183648.
Brouwer-Borghuis, M., Heyne, D., Sauter, F., & Scholte, R. (2019). The Link: An alternative educational program in the Netherlands to re-engage school-refusing adolescents in mainstream schooling. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Chu, B.C., Guarino, D., Mele, C., O’Connell, J., & Coto, P. (2019). Developing an online early detection system for school attendance problems: Results from a research-community partnership. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Finning, K., Ukoumunne, O. C., Ford, T., Danielsson-Waters, E., Shaw, L., Romero De Jager, I., Stentiford, L., & Moore, D. A. (2019). The association between child and adolescent depression and poor attendance at school: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders, 245, 928-938.
Hannan, S. E., Davis, E., Morrison, S., Gueorguieva, R., & Tolin, D. F. (accepted). An open trial of intensive cognitive-behavioral therapy for school refusal. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health.
Heyne, D. (2019). Developments in classification, identification, and intervention for school refusal and other attendance problems: Introduction to the special series. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Heyne, D., Gren Landell, M., Melvin, G., & Gentle-Genitty, C. (2019). Differentiation between school attendance problems: Why and how? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Ingul, J.M., Havik, T., & Heyne, D. (2019). Emerging school refusal: A school-based framework for identifying early signs and risk factors. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
McKay-Brown, L., McGrath, R., Dalton, L., Graham, L., Smith, A., Ring, J., & Eyre, K. (2018). Reengagement with education: A multidisciplinary home-school-clinic approach developed in Australia for school-refusing youth. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Melvin, G. A., & Gordon, M. S. (2019). Antidepressant medication: Is it a vand valuable adjunct to cognitive-behavioral therapy for school refusal? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Reissner, V., Knollmann, M., Spie, S., Jost, D., Neumann, A., & Hebebrand, J. (2019). Modular Treatment for children and adolescents with problematic school absenteeism: Development and description of a program in Germany. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
Tobias, A. (2019). A grounded theory study of family coach intervention with persistent school non-attenders. Educational Psychology in Practice, 35, 17-33.
Tonge, B. J., & Silverman, W. K. (2019). Reflections on the field of school attendance problems: For the times they are a-changing? Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.

2018

Ansari, A., & Gottfried, M.A. (2018). Early childhood educational settings and school absenteeism for children with disabilities. AREA Open, 4.
Ansari, A., & Purtell, K.M. (2018). School absenteeism through the transition to kindergarten. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 24-38.
Ayaydin, H., & Takatak, H. (2018). School refusal developing in the older of two siblings after their being assigned to different classes: A case report. Namik Kemal Medical Journal, 6, 28-31.
Balu, R., & Ehrlich, S. B. (2018). Making sense out of incentives: A framework for considering the design, use, and implementation of incentives to improve attendance. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 93-106.
D'Agostino, E.M., Day, S.E., Konty, K.J., Larkin, M., Saha, S., & Wyka, K. (2018). The association of fitness and school absenteeism across gender and poverty: A prospective multilevel analysis in New York City middle schools. Annals of Epidemiology, 28, 189-196.
Dannow, M.C., Esbjørn, B.H., & Risom, S.W. (2018). The perceptions of anxiety-related school absenteeism in youth: A qualitative study involving youth, mother, and father. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research,
Dorio, N. B., Frederick, S. S., & Demaray, M. K. (2018). School engagement and the role of peer victimization, depressive symptoms, and rumination. The Journal of Early Adolescence.
Ehrlich, S. B., Gwynne, J. A., & Allensworth, E. M. (2018). Pre-kindergarten attendance matters: Early chronic absence patterns and relationships to learning outcomes. Early Childhood Research Quarterly, 44, 136-151.
Elliott, J., Stankov, L., Lee, J., & Beckmann, J.F. (2018). What did PISA and TIMSS ever do for us?: The potential of large scale datasets for understanding and improving educational practice. Comparative Education, DOI: 10.1080/03050068.2018.1545386
Epstein, S., Roberts, E., Sedgwick, R., Finning, K., Ford, T., Dutta, R., & Downs, J. (2018). Poor school attendance and exclusion: A systematic review protocol on educational risk factors for self-harm and suicidal behaviours. BMJ Open, 8, e023953.
Filippello, P., Sorrenti, L., Buzzai, C., & Costa, S. (2018). Predicting risk of school refusal: Examining the incremental role of trait EI beyond personality and emotion regulation. Psihologija.
Finning, K., Harvey, K., Moore, D., Ford, T., Davis, B., & Waite, P. (2018). Secondary school educational practitioners' experiences of school attendance problems and interventions to address them: A qualitative study. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 23, 213-225.
Ford, T., Parker, C., Salim, J., Goodman, R., Logan, S., & Henley, W. (2018). The relationship between exclusion from school and mental health: A secondary analysis of the British Child and Adolescent Mental Health Surveys 2004 and 2007. Psychological Medicine, 48, 629-641.
Gallé-Tessonneau, M., & Gana, K. (2018). Development and validation of the SChool REfusal EvaluatioN Scale for adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology.
Gee, K. A. (2018). Minding the gaps in absenteeism: Disparities in absenteeism by race/ethnicity, poverty and disability. Journal of Education for Students Placed at
Risk, 23, 204-208.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Fernández-Sogorb, A., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). Profiles derived from the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised and its relationship to anxiety. Educational Psychology, 1-14.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Calderón, C. M., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). Testing factorial invariance and latent means differences of the school refusal assessment scale-revised in Ecuadorian adolescents. Current Psychology.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Fernández-Sogorb, A., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). A cluster analysis of school refusal behavior: Identification of profiles and risk for school anxiety. International Journal of Educational Research, 90, 43-49.
Gonzálvez, C., Inglés, C. J., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Gisbert, B., & García-Fernández, J. M. (2018). Youth Life Orientation Test-Spanish Version: Factorial invariance, latent mean differences and effects on school refusal. School Mental Health, 10, 477-487.
Gonzálvez, C., Kearney, C.A., Jiménez-Ayala, C.E., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Inglés, C.J., & García-Fernández, J.M. (2018). Functional profiles of school refusal behavior and their relationship with depression, anxiety, and stress. Psychiatry Research, 269, 140-144.
Gonzálvez, C., Sanmartín, R., Vicent, M., Inglés, C. J., Aparicio‐Flores, M. P., & García‐Fernández, J. M. (2018). Academic self‐attributions for success and failure in mathematics and school refusal. Psychology in the Schools, 55, 366-376.
Gottfried, M., & Ehrlich, S.B. (2018). Introduction to the special issue: Combating chronic absence. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 1-4,
Green, A. M., Cohen, D. R., & Stormont, M. (2018). Addressing and preventing disproportionality in exclusionary discipline practices for students of color with disabilitiesexclusionary discipline practices for students of color with disabilities. Intervention in School and Clinic, 54, 241-245.
Hancock, K. J., Gottfried, M. A., & Zubrick, S. R. (2018). Does the reason matter? How student-reported reasons for school absence contribute to differences in achievement
outcomes among 14–15 year olds. British Educational Reseaech Journal, 44, 141-174.
Hobbs, A., Kotlaja, M., & Wylie, L. (2018). Absenteeism interventions: An approach for common definitions in statewide program evaluations. Justice Evaluation Journal, 1, 215-232.
Hutt, E. L. (2018). Measuring missed school: The historical precedents for the measurement and use of attendance records to evaluate schools. Journal of Education for
Students Placed at Risk, 23, 5-8.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2018). Truancy in Europe: Does the type of educational system matter? European Journal of Education, 53, 1-13.
Knollmann, M., Reissner, V., & Hebebrand, J. (2018). Towards a comprehensive assessment of school absenteeism: Development and initial validation of the Inventory of School Attendance Problems. European Child and Adolescent Psychiatry,
Lenhoff, S.W., & Pogodzinski, B. (2018). School organizational effectiveness and chronic absenteeism: Implications for accountability. Journal of Education for Students Placed at Risk, 23, 153-169.
Maynard, B.R., Heyne, D., Brendel, K.E., Bulanda, J.J., Thompson, A.M., & Pigott, T.D. (2018). Treatment for school refusal among children and adolescents: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Research on Social Work Practice, 28, 56-67.
Minier, M., Hirshfield, L., Ramahi, R., Glassgow, A.E., Fox, K., & Martin, M.A. (2018). Schools and health: An essential partnership for the effective care of children with chronic conditions. Journal of School Health.
Preece, D., & Howley, M. (2018). An approach to supporting young people with autism spectrum disorder and high anxiety to re-engage with formal education: The impact on young people and their families. International Journal of Adolescence and Youth, DOI: 10.1080/02673843.2018.1433695
Rogers, T., & Feller, A. (2018). Reducing student absences at scale by targeting parents’ misbeliefs. Nature Human Behavior, 2, 335-342.
Rohrig, S. N., & Puliafico, A. C. (2018). Treatment of school refusal in an adolescent with comorbid anxiety and chronic medical illness. Evidence-Based
Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 3, 129-141.
Senyametor, F., Gyimah, E. K., & Minadzi, V. M. (2018). Factors affecting pupils’ absenteeism at Felicormfort Junior High School (JHS) in Cape Coast, Ghana. Journal of Education and Learning, 7, 138-149.
Skedgell, K. K., & Kearney, C. A. (2018). Predictors of school absenteeism severity at multiple levels: A classification and regression tree analysis. Children and Youth Services Review, 86, 236-245.
Tekin, I., Erden, S., Şirin Ayva, A. B., & Büyüköksüz, E. (2018). The predictors of school refusal: Depression, anxiety, cognitive distortion and attachment. Journal of Human Sciences, 15, 1519-1529.

2017

Farouk, S. (2017). My life as a pupil: The autobiographical memories of adolescents excluded from schooladolescents excluded from school. Journal of Adolescence, 55, 16-23.
Finning, K., Moore, D., Ukoumunne, O. C., Danielsson-Waters, E., & Ford, T. (2017). The association between child and adolescent emotional disorder and poor attendance at school: A systematic review protocol. Systematic Reviews.
Heyne, D., Vreeke, L.J., Maric, M., Boelens, D., & van Widenfelt, B.M. (2017). Functional assessment of school attendance problems: An adapted version of the School Refusal Assessment Scale – Revised. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 25, 178-192.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2017). The development of persistent truant behaviour: An exploratory analysis of adolescents' perspectives. Educational Research, 59, 353-370.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2017). The school as a socialization context: Understanding the influence of school bonding and an authoritative school climate on class skipping. Youth & Society, online first.
Maynard, B.R., McCrea, K.T., Pigott, T.D., & Kelly, M.S. (2013). Indicated truancy interventions for chronic truant students: A Campbell Systematic Review. Research on Social Work Practice, 23, 5–21.
Maeda, N. (2017). Effectiveness of Morita Therapy-Based Consultation for a school-refusing adolescent with psychogenic fever. Journal of Education and Training Studies, 5, doi:10.11114/jets.v5i12.2671
Maynard, B.R., Vaughn, M.G., Nelson, E.J., Salas-Wright, C.P., Heyne, D.A., Kremer, K.P. (2017). Truancy in the United States: Examining temporal trends and correlates by race, age, and gender. Children and Youth Services Review, 81, 188-196.
Melvin, G. A., Dudley, A. L., Gordon, M. S., Klimkeit, E., Gullone, E., Taffe, J., & Tonge, B. J. (2017). Augmenting cognitive behavior therapy for school refusal with fluoxetine: A randomized controlled trial. Child Psychiatry & Human Development, 48, 485-497.
Munkhaugen, E.K., Gjevik, E., Pripp, A.H., Sponheim, E., & Diseth, T.H. (2017). School refusal behaviour: Are children and adolescents with autism spectrum disorder at a higher risk? Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders, 41, 31-38.
Munkhaugen, E.K., Torske, T., Gjevik, E., Nærland, T., Pripp, A.H., & Diseth, T.H. (2017). Individual characteristics of students with autism spectrum disorders and school refusal behavior. Autism.
Rocque, M., Jennings, W. G., Piquero, A. R., Ozkan, T., & Farrington, D. P. (2017). The importance of school attendance: Findings from the Cambridge Study in Delinquent Development on the life-course effects of truancy. Crime & Delinquency, 63, 592-612.
Spruyt, B., Keppens, G., Kemper, R., & Bradt, L. (2017). If only they had a file on every pupil: On the mismatch between truancy policy and practice in Flandersmismatch between truancy policy and practice in Flanders. International Studies in Sociology of Education, 26, 171-189.
Van der Woude, L. B., Van der Stouwe, T., & Stams, G.J.J.M. (2017). Differences between risk factors for truancy and delinquency in Dutch adolescents. Children and Youth Services Review, 73, 9-14.
Wolf, K. C., & Kupchik, A. (2017). School suspensions and adverse experiences in adulthood. Justice Quarterly, 34, 407-430.
Yamada, A., Suzuki, M., Kyo, M., Katsuki, F., Shiraishi, N., Watanabe, N., & Akechi, T. (2017). Group psychoeducational programs improve mood profiles in mothers of non-attendance school childrenin mothers of non-attendance school children. Neuropsychiatry, 7, 637-643.
Yang, K.-E., & Ham, S.-H. (2017). Truancy as systemic discrimination: Anti-discrimination legislation and its effect on school attendance among immigrant children. The Social Science Journal, 54, 216-226.

2016

Blumkin, Z. K. (2016). The implementation of an evidence-based treatment for a complex case of school refusal. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2016.1177800
Gonzálvez, C., Ingles, C.J., Kearney, C.A., Vicent, M., Sanmartín, R., & García-Fernández, J.M. (2016). School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Factorial invariance and latent means differences across gender and age in Spanish children. Frontiers in Psychology, 7, 1-10.
Hendron, M., & Kearney, C.A. (2016). School climate and student absenteeism and internalizing and externalizing behavior problems. Children and Schools, 38, 109-116.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2016). Towards a typology of occasional truancy: An operationalisation study of occasional truancy in secondary education in Flanders. Research Papers in Education, 32, 121-135.
McCluskey, C., Riddell, S., Weedon, E., & Fordyce, M. (2016). Exclusion from school and recognition of difference. Discourse: Studies in the Cultural Politics of Education, 37, 529-539.
Skedgell, K.K., & Kearney, C.A. (2016). Predictors of absenteeism severity in truant youth: A dimensional and categorical analysis. American Secondary Education, 45, 46-58.

2015

Askeland, K.G., Haugland, S., Stormark, K.M., Bøe, T., & Hysing, M. (2015). Adolescent school absenteeism and service use in a population-based study. BMC Public Health, 15.
Gentle-Genitty, C., Karikari, I., Chen, H., Wilka, E., & Kim, J. (2015). Truancy: a look at definitions in the USA and other territories. Educational Studies, 41, 62-90.
Gren-Landell, M., Ekerfelt Allvin, C., Bradley, M., Andersson, M., & Andersson, G. (2015). Teachers’ views on risk factors for problematic school absenteeism in Swedish primary school students. Educational Psychology in Practice, 31, 412-423.
Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2015). Assessing reasons for school non-attendance. Scandinavian Journal of Educational Research, 59, 316-336.
Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2015). School factors associated with school refusal-and truancy-related reasons for school non-attendance. Social Psychology of Education, 18, 221-240.
Inglés, C. J., Gonzálvez-Maciá, C., García-Fernández, J. M., Vicent, M., & Martínez-Monteagudo, M. C. (2015). Current status of research on school refusal. European Journal of Education and Psychology, 8, 37-52.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2015). De spijbelaar bestaat niet: Een empirisch onderzoek naar types van occasionele spijbelaars in Vlaanderen. Mens en Maatschappij, 90, 143-169.
Keppens, G., & Spruyt, B. (2015). Short-term fun or long-term gain: A mixed methods empirical investigation into perceptions of truancy among non-truants in Flanders. Educational Studies, 41, 326-340.
Maynard, B.R., Brendel, K.E., Bulanda, J.J., Heyne, D., Thomspon, A. & Pigott, T.D. (2015). Psychosocial interventions for school refusal with primary and secondary students: A systematic review. Campbell Systematic Reviews, 11.
Reissner, V., Jost, D., Krahn, U., Knollmann, M., Weschenfelder, A. K., Neumann, A., ... & Hebebrand, J. (2015). The treatment of school avoidance in children and adolescents with psychiatric illness: A randomized controlled trial. Deutsches Ärzteblatt International, 112, 655.

2014

Chu, Brian & Rizvi, Shireen & Zendegui, Elaina & Bonavitacola, Lauren. (2014). Dialectical behavior therapy for school refusal: Treatment development and incorporation of web-based coaching. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 22.
Haight, C.M., Chapman, G.V., Hendron, M., Loftis, R., & Kearney, C.A. (2014). Evaluation of a truancy diversion program at nine at-risk middle schools. Psychology in the Schools, 51, 779-787.
Havik, T., Bru, E., & Ertesvåg, S. K. (2014). Parental perspectives of the role of school factors in school refusal. Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties, 19, 131-153.
Heyne, D., Sauter, F.M., Ollendick, T.H., van Widenfelt, B.M., & Westenberg, P.M. (2014). Developmentally sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy for adolescent school refusal: Rationale and illustration. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 17, 191-215.
Kearney, C.A., & Graczyk, P. (2014). A Response to Intervention model to promote school attendance and decrease school absenteeism. Child and Youth Care Forum, 43, 1-25.

2013

Knollmann, M., Reissner, V., Kiessling, S., & Hebebrand, J. (2013). The differential classification of school avoidance-a cluster-analytic investigation. Zeitschrift fur Kinder-und Jugendpsychiatrie und Psychotherapie, 41, 335-345.
Maric, M., Heyne, D. A., MacKinnon, D. P., van Widenfelt, B. M., & Westenberg, M. P. (2013). Cognitive mediation of cognitive-behavioural therapy outcomes for anxiety-based school refusal. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 41, 549-564.

2012

Maric, M., Heyne, D. A., de Heus, P., van Widenfelt, B. M., & Westenberg, P. M. (2012). The role of cognition in school refusal: An investigation of automatic thoughts and cognitive errors. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 40, 255-269.

2011

Haight, C., Kearney, C.A., Hendron, M., & Schafer, C. (2011). Confirmatory analyses of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Replication and extension to a truancy sample. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 33, 196-204.
Hendron, M., & Kearney, C.A. (2011). Bridging the gap between assessment and treatment of youths with school refusal behavior: What to do when clients ask “What now?” Journal of Clinical Psychology Practice, 2, 14-21.
Heyne, D., Sauter, F. M., van Widenfelt, B. M., Vermeiren, R., & Westenberg, P. M. (2011). School refusal and anxiety in adolescence: Non-randomized trial of a developmentally-sensitive cognitive behavioral therapy. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 25, 870-878.

2010

Knollmann, M., Knoll, S., Reissner, V., Metzelaars, J., & Hebebrand, J. (2010). School avoidance from the point of view of child and adolescent psychiatry: Symptomatology, development, course, and treatment. Deutsches Arzteblatt International, 107, 43.

2009

Lyon, A. R., & Cotler, S. (2009). Multi-systemic intervention for school refusal behavior: Integrating approaches across disciplines. Advances in School Mental Health Promotion, 2, 20-34.

2008

Kearney, C.A. (2008). An interdisciplinary model of school absenteeism in youth to inform professional practice and public policy. Educational Psychology Review, 20, 257-282.
Kearney, C.A. (2008). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior in youth: A contemporary review. Clinical Psychology Review, 28, 451-471.
Kearney, C.A., & Chapman, G. (2008). School refusal behavior. The Independent Practitioner, 28, 129-130.

2007

Kearney, C.A. (2007). Forms and functions of school refusal behavior in youth: An empirical analysis of absenteeism severity. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48, 53-61.
Lyon, A. R., & Cotler, S. (2007). Toward reduced bias and increased utility in the assessment of school refusal behavior: The case for diverse samples and evaluations of context. Psychology in the Schools, 44, 551-565.

2006

Kearney, C.A. (2006). Confirmatory factor analysis of the School Refusal Assessment Scale-Revised: Child and parent versions. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 28, 139-144.
Kearney, C.A. (2006). Dealing with school refusal behavior: A primer for family physicians. Journal of Family Practice, 55, 685-692.
Kearney, C.A. (2006). Solutions to school refusal for parents and kids: Pinpoint and address reinforcers of the child’s behavior. Current Psychiatry, 5, 67-69, 73-76, 78, 83. (Reprinted in part from Journal of Family Practice article with extra material at editor’s request).
Kearney, C.A., & Bensaheb, A. (2006). School absenteeism and school refusal behavior: A review and suggestions for school-based health professionals. Journal of School Health, 76, 3-7.

2005

Kearney, C.A., & Bates, M. (2005). Addressing school refusal behavior: Suggestions for frontline professionals. Children and Schools, 27, 207-216.
Kearney, C.A., Chapman, G., & Cook, L.C. (2005). Moving from assessment to treatment of school refusal behavior in youth. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 1, 46-51.
Kearney, C.A., Chapman, G., & Cook, L.C. (2005). School refusal behavior in young children. International Journal of Behavioral and Consultation Therapy, 1, 212-218.

2004

Albano, A.M., Mallick, R., Tourian, K., Zhang, H.F., & Kearney, C.A. (2004). Children and adolescents with social anxiety disorder: School refusal and improvement with venlafaxine ER relative to placebo. European Neuropsychopharmacology, 14 (Suppl 3), S307-S308.
Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2004). The functional profiles of school refusal behavior: Diagnostic aspects. Behavior Modification, 28, 147-161.
Kearney, C.A., Lemos, A., & Silverman, J. (2004). The functional assessment of school refusal behavior. The Behavior Analyst Today, 5, 275-283.

2003

Kearney, C.A. (2003). Bridging the gap among professionals who address youth with school absenteeism: Overview and suggestions for consensus. Professional Psychology: Research and Practice, 34, 57-65.

2002

Heyne, D., King, N., Tonge, B., Rollings, S., Young, D., Pritchard, M., & Ollendick, T. (2002). Evaluation of child therapy and caregiver training in the treatment of school refusal. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 41, 687-695.
Kearney, C.A. (2002). Case study of the assessment and treatment of a youth with multifunction school refusal behavior. Clinical Case Studies, 1, 67-80.
Kearney, C.A. (2002). Identifying the function of school refusal behavior: A revision of the School Refusal Assessment Scale. Journal of Psychopathology and Behavioral Assessment, 24, 235-245.
Tonge, B. J., Cooper, H., King, N. J., & Heyne, D. (2002). School refusal: description and management. Current Therapeutics, 43, 55.

2001

Heyne, D., King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., & Cooper, H. (2001). School refusal: Epidemiology and management. Paediatric Drugs, 3, 719-732.
Kearney, C.A., Pursell, C., & Alvarez, K. (2001). Treatment of school refusal behavior in children with mixed functional profiles. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 8, 3-11.
King, N. J., Heyne, D., Tonge, B., Gullone, E., & Ollendick, T. (2001). School refusal: Categorical diagnoses, functional analysis and treatment planning. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 8, 352-360.
King, N., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Turner, S., Pritchard, M., Young, D., Rollings, S., Myerson, N., & Ollendick, T. (2001). Cognitive-behavioural treatment of school-refusing children: Maintenance of improvement at 3- to 5-year follow-up. Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy, 30, 85-89.

2000

Kearney, C.A., & Hugelshofer, D. (2000). Systemic and clinical strategies for preventing school refusal behavior in youth. Journal of Cognitive Psychotherapy, 14, 51-65.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., & Ollendick, T. H. (2000). Research on the cognitive-behavioral treatment of school refusal: A review and recommendations. Clinical Psychology Review, 20, 495-507.
King, N., Tonge, B., Heyne, D., Rollings, S., Pritchard, M., Myerson, N., Young, D., Anderson, J., & Turner, S (2000). A cognitive-behavioural intervention programme for children exhibiting school refusal. The Australian Journal of Counselling Psychology, 1, 4-8.

1999

Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1999). Functionally-based prescriptive and nonprescriptive treatment for children and adolescents with school refusal behavior. Behavior Therapy, 30, 673-695.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Turner, S., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rollings, S., Young, D., Myerson, N., & Ollendick, T. (1999). Brief cognitive-behavioural treatment for anxiety-disordered children exhibiting school refusal. Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 6, 39-45.

1998

Anderson, J., King, N., Tonge, B., Rollings, S., Young, D., & Heyne, D. (1998). Cognitive-behavioural intervention for an adolescent school refuser: A comprehensive approach. Behaviour Change, 15, 67-73.
Heyne, D. (1998). Introduction to the special series on school refusal. Behaviour Change, 15, 3‑4.
Heyne, D., King, N., Tonge, B. J., Pritchard, M., Young, D., Rollings, S., & Myerson, N. (1998). The Self-Efficacy Questionnaire for School Situations: Development and psychometric evaluation. Behaviour Change, 15, 31-40.
King, N., Ollendick, T. H., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rollings, S., Young, D., & Myerson, N. (1998). School refusal: An overview. Behaviour Change, 15, 5-15.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rolling, S., Young, D., Myerson, N., & Ollendick, T. H. (1998). Cognitive-behavioural treatment of school-refusing children: A controlled evaluation. Journal of the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, 37, 395-403.
Pritchard, M., King, N., Tonge, B., Heyne, D., & Lancaster, S. (1998). Taxonomic systems for school refusal behaviour. Behaviour Change, 15, 74-86.
Rollings, S., King, N., Tonge, B., Heyne, D., & Young, D. (1998). Cognitive-behavioural intervention with a depressed adolescent experiencing school attendance difficulties. Behaviour Change, 15, 87-97.

1997

Kearney, C.A., & Sims, K.E. (1997). A clinical perspective on school refusal in youngsters. In Session: Psychotherapy in Practice, 3, 5-19.

1996

Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1996). The evolution and reconciliation of taxonomic strategies for school refusal behavior. Clinical Psychology: Science and Practice, 3, 339-354.
King, N. J., Ollendick, T. H., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D., Pritchard, M., Rollings, S., Young, D., & Myerson, N. (1996). Behavioural management of school refusal. Scandinavian Journal of Behaviour Therapy, 25, 3-15.

1995

Kearney, C.A., Eisen, A.R., & Silverman, W.K. (1995). The legend and myth of school phobia. School Psychology Quarterly, 10, 65-85.
Kearney, C.A., & Silverman, W.K. (1995). Family environment of youngsters with school refusal behavior: A synopsis with implications for assessment and treatment. American Journal of Family Therapy, 23, 59-72.
King, N. J., Ollendick, T., Heyne, D., & Tonge, B. J. (1995). Treatment of school refusal: Strategies for the family physician. Australian Family Physician, 24, 1250-1253.

1994

Kearney, C.A., & Beasley, J.F. (1994). The clinical treatment of school refusal behavior: A survey of referral and practice characteristics. Psychology in the Schools, 31, 128-132.
King, N. J., Tonge, B. J., Heyne, D. A., Tinney, L., & Pritchard, M. (1994). School refusal: Early identification and treatment. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 19, 22-26.
Tonge, B. J., King, N. J., Heyne, D. A., & Pritchard, M. (1994). Anxious children and school refusal. Australian Family Physician, 23, 919-920.