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Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

TPP 203: Dr. Chris Kearney on School Refusal—What It Is, Why It Happens, and How to Handle It

Full-Tilt Parenting: Strategies, Insights, and Connection for Parents Raising Neurodivergent Children

Debbie Reber

Education, Kids & Family, Parenting

4.81K Ratings

🗓️ 6 April 2020

⏱️ 37 minutes

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Summary

Dr. Chris Kearney, Professor of clinical child psychology at UNLV and director of the UNLV Child School Refusal and Anxiety Disorders Clinic talks about the assessment and treatment of youths with school refusal behavior. Connect with Tilt Parenting Visit Tilt Parenting Take the free 7-Day Challenge Read a chapter of Differently Wired Follow Tilt on Twitter & Instagram Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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If you're listening to this podcast, it's probably because a child you love and care for is differently wired.

0:07.0

Are they also struggling in their current educational setting, seen only for what they're doing wrong, while longing for positive relationships with peers and others?

0:15.6

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0:21.0

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0:24.9

appreciated. The Strength-based Assessment Lab's mission is to build a world for your child just

0:30.7

like that. Through its innovative approach that aims to empower students, families, educators, and professionals

0:36.3

to create positive, effective, and collaborative learning experiences.

0:40.2

Be a part of shaping a brighter future for your child.

0:43.0

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BGS.ed.edU to learn more about what a strength-based assessment could mean for your family.

0:51.0

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0:54.0

A lot of parents come to our clinic and they are kind of embarrassed.

0:57.0

They're shocked that there's actually a clinic that's designed just for this population.

1:01.0

And I tell them that this is a very common kind of

1:04.0

occurrence. I mean up to one third of all kids at some point in their young life

1:09.6

have difficulty going to school so it's really not an unusual kind of occurrence.

1:16.8

Welcome to Tilt Parenting, a podcast featuring interviews and conversations aimed at inspiring, informing, and supporting parents raising and of the University of Nevada Las Vegas and Director of the UNLV Child

1:36.0

School Refusal and Anxiety Disorders Clinic. Yes you heard that right

1:40.6

there is an actual clinic for the treatment of school refusal,

1:44.4

something I was very excited to learn about recently and exactly the reason why I wanted to

1:49.7

bring Dr. Carney on to the show to talk about this very real, very disruptive and more common

1:56.6

than you think issue for many children.

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