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These resources are usually intended for use by practitioners (e.g., psychologists, social workers), some of whom may work in mental health care settings. Some of the resources may facilitate assessment while others are relevant to treatment in Tier 3 (e.g., for youth displaying chronic or severe absenteeism and/or mental health problems). If you are looking for resources in a language other than English, please check the ‘My Country’ menu.

Journal Articles

Ihlebæk, H. M., Ihlebæk, C., Knez, R., Del Busso, L., Prøitz, L., Femdal, I. & Løkkeberg, S. T. (2026). What to do with school refusal? A scoping review of digital and non-digital interventions. Frontiers in Education, 11, Article 1862436. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2026.1862436
Ratnamohan, L., Smith, E., McInnis, P., Somervaille, R., Champion, S., Cooney, H. & Heyne, D. (2026). Intensive interventions for emotionally based school avoidance: a scoping review of program structures and therapeutic levers. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 17, Article 1851117. https://www.frontiersin.org/journals/psychiatry/articles/10.3389/fpsyt.2026.1851117/full
Havik, T., & Ingul, J. M. (2021) . How to understand school refusal. Frontiers in Education, 6, Article 715177. https://doi.org/10.3389/feduc.2021.715177
Kearney, C. A., & Graczyk, P. A. (2020). A multidimensional, multi-tiered system of supports model to promote school attendance and address school absenteeism. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 23, 316–337 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10567-020-00317-1
Elliott, J. G. & Place, M. (2019). Practitioner review: School refusal: developments in conceptualisation and treatment since 2000. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 60, 4-15. https://doi.org/10.1111/jcpp.12848

Books and Book Chapters

Mandell, M. (2026). Supporting Students with School Attendance Challenges: A Collaborative Guide for Educators, Families and Therapists. USA: Routledge.
Gonzaga et al. (2022). Handbook of stress and academic anxiety: Psychological processes and interventions with students and teachers. Springer.
Kearney, C. A. (2019). Helping families of youth with schoool attendance problems: A practical guide for mental health and school-based professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.
Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2018). When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Parent workbook (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kearney, C.A., & Albano, A.M. (2018). When children refuse school: A cognitive-behavioral therapy approach/Therapist’s guide (3rd ed.). New York: Oxford University Press.
Kearney, C.A., & Fornander, M.J. (2018). School refusal behavior and absenteeism. In R.J.R. Levesque (Ed.), Encyclopedia of adolescence (2nd ed.) (pp. 3298-3303). New York: Springer.
Kearney, C.A., & Sheldon, K.K. (2017). Evidence-based interventions for school refusal behavior in children and adolescents. In L.A. Theodore (Ed.), Handbook of evidence-based interventions for children and adolescents (pp. 279-288). New York: Springer.
Kearney, C.A., & Sheldon, K. (2017). School refusal. In A.E. Wenzel (Ed.), The SAGE encyclopedia of abnormal and clinical psychology (pp. 2989-2991). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.
Heyne, D.A., & Maynard, B.R. (2016). Interventions for school refusal and truancy: A case of ‘old dogs in need of new tricks’? In R. Menzies, M. Kyrios, and N. Kazantzis (Eds.), Innovations and future directions in the behavioural and cognitive therapies (pp. 23-28). Samford Valley: Australian Academic Press.
Kearney, C.A. (2016). Managing school absenteeism at multiple tiers: An evidence-based and practical guide for professionals. New York: Oxford University Press.

Websites

SEL and Mental Health Resources During the COVID-19 Outbreak

Information Sheets

During the INSA 2019 Conference Patricia Graczyk offered her ‘School Re-Entry Plan Checklist’ as a resource for others to use, available via this link. Patricia welcomes any suggestions on how this resource could be improved, and she can be contacted via pgraczyk@uic.edu
‘School refusal: A small guide to supporting school attendance‘, written for those personnel working at schools and in student welfare who meet with children and young people who are often absent from school, and also written for their parents and guardians. Authors of the booklet are J. Sergejeff, T. Pilbacka-Rönkä, and H. Mantila.

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