Course: Navigating School Refusal (School Can’t)
A Step-by-step approach to helping your family through the school refusal journey.
Navigating School Refusal
5 MODULE COURSE
School Refusal impacts the whole family’s well-being, your relationships and the ability to see a positive future. Experiencing school refusal can feel overwhelming, isolating and emotionally exhausting.
In this course I take you through a lived experience of school refusal. I provide evidence based strategies to assist you and your family to see your journey from a new perspective which enables you to look beyond the must’s and should’s.
To focus on now, not living in fear, and increasing your belief that everything will work out OK.
Parents I work with ask themselves:
Will my child ever return to school?
We have tried so many things, how do we know when to step back?
What will their future be like?
How will they ever live in the outside world?
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NDIS Eligibility
Claimable using NDIS funding for self managed and plan managed families. This course is billed under CB Daily Activity, Improved Daily Living Skills, Training for Carers/Parents.
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Evidence based
The sessions are required to link in with your child’s NDIS goals. The course content and success work are evidence based and focus on communication, interpersonal interactions and improved community living.
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Lived Experience Examples
I am a mum to 4 neurodivergent children. I am a School Social Worker & Primary School Teacher. My own lived experience as a parent have helped me develop a deep understanding & compassion for families parenting Demand Sensitive Children.
Navigating School Refusal Course for Parents & Carers of Neurodivergent & Anxious Children, CB Daily Activity - Improved Daily Living Skills - Training for Carers/Parents, Item number: 15_038_0117_1_3, 4 hours @$77 per hour
You will learn:
MODULE 1
UNDERSTANDING SCHOOL REFUSAL AND SHIFTING PERSPECTIVE
This module, Understanding School Refusal and Shifting Perspective, explores what school refusal means, it’s impact on relationships, and the challenges children may face at school. Lisa shares her personal journey raising four neurodivergent children, highlighting what has and hasn’t helped them. She also explains the importance of understanding the role of a child’s nervous system relating to school refusal and offers insights from her family’s experiences to support others.
MODULE 2
APPLYING THIS KNOWLEDGE TO YOUR OWN FAMILY’S EXPERIENCE OF SCHOOL
This module, Applying this Knowledge to Your Own Family’s Experience of School Can’t, explores school expectations and children’s responses. Lisa shares two strategies for identifying why school can be difficult, and discusses ways to build competence and motivation. She also examines what parents can control, the signs of burnout, and includes an interview with a demand-sensitive young person who reflects on their childhood challenges and their journey toward a positive future.
MODULE 3
UNDERSTANDING PARENTS’ DIFFERING PERSPECTIVES
This module, Understanding Parents’ Differing Perspectives, explores the challenges parents face when supporting their child experiencing school can’t. Lisa examines parents’ intentions and perspectives, what prevents them from moving forward together, and introduces the WINS approach. She explains how to build trust and strengthen relationships with your child and your parent or co-parent, ultimately working towards a shared understanding and plan.
MODULE 4
WORKING WITH SCHOOL
This Module, Working with School, draws on Lisa’s experience as a school social worker and primary teacher to outline the key elements for collaborating effectively with schools. Lisa shares strategies to understand your child’s views on their ability and enjoyment of school, explains reasonable adjustments and children’s rights, and offers tips on showing up as a professional parent. She also addresses challenges when the school environment itself is difficult and emphasizes working in the present. The module includes personal stories from parents who have successfully navigated education to support a positive future for their child.
MODULE 5
THE POWER OF PARENT’S MINDSET
This module, The Power of Parents’ Mindset, explores some of the key stressors of school which may contribute to school can’t, how long the school can’t journey may take, and steps to keeping a consistent mindset along the way. Lisa discusses the power of knowing you are not alone on this journey. It looks at using comparison to measure progress and introduces a tool called The Well-being Wheel and the indicators we can use to measure progress. Lisa guides parents in shifting the meaning they give to the journey, focusing on what they can influence – their relationship with their child, their responses, and the environment – and concludes with reflections on key takeaways from the course.
INCLUSIONS
Handouts for each Module.
A List of Reasonable Adjustments (12 Page Document).
Interviews and Reflections from others with lived experience of School Can’t.
Action tasks designed to further explore your own personal situation.
Resources for further exploration.
Session 1 – 5 are between 45 minutes & 1 hour in duration.
Ready to understand more about school refusal?
Navigating School Refusal Course for Parents & Carers of Neurodivergent & Anxious Children, CB Daily Activity - Improved Daily Living Skills - Training for Carers/Parents, Item number: 15_038_0117_1_3, 4 hours @$77 per hour
