School Avoidance & Refusal: Root Causes, Strategies for ADHD Students (w/ Alana Cooperman, LCSW)

[@AprilFelix-u9g]

Do you have any printable downloads with this information? I love the Thinking Traps and Worry Hill!

[@leilap2495]

The fawn response was not included. I do not agree with the use of CBT for neurodivergent people. Why? Because they are experiencing these actual things. Telling myself what is happening to me is all in my head is pretty much gaslighting. I would like to see a focus be more on exploration of other educational options that would be a better fit, such as through IEP, 504, consequences for bullies, another school entirely, another type of school, etc. And rather than mentioning medication last, I would do that first. And if a kid has abdominal pain, it could be a manifestation of something physical that is adding to anxiety through the gut-brain axis. Dairy and/or gluten are examples of common culprits, especially if they also have hypermobility, which affects the digestive and other muscles as well as the joints and skin.