Is Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA) a formal diagnosis, or a cry for help? Why extreme resistance in kids signals a need ...

Navigating the early days of your acting career means running into industry terms you might not be familiar with. If you’ve auditioned for a role and aren’t sure what it means to hear you’re on “first ...

The term "school refusal" refers to child-motivated behavior—either refusing to attend school, refusing to attend specific classes, or having great difficulty remaining in school for the entire day.

The condition often manifests as nonspecific clinical signs, including abdominal pain, headaches, nausea, vomiting, sleep disturbances, diarrhea, dizziness, fatigue, and palpitations. Another study ...

School refusal is often treated as the problem to solve. But in most cases, it is a signal and not the root issue. That’s where many families and schools get stuck. The focus stays on attendance: how ...

Refusal is a powerful political act. Acting in defense of themselves, Black people and Black women in particular have consistently refused the terms of oppression, discrimination and dehumanization.

When Aubrey Garcia’s daughter was in the third grade, she suddenly stopped attending school. Every day, Garcia, a former teacher, would ask herself, “ ‘Is she going to go to school today? What can I ...

School refusal needs to be recognised as a psychological problem, rather than being glossed over in school attendance policies. from www.shutterstock.com.au Attempting to understand school refusal is ...