Researchers Nigel Howard and Andrew Bills report that schools are often not empowered by education authorities to respond in their own ways. Earlier this month, the ABC reported an alarming national poll about school refusal. Of the 1,000 parents surveyed by the Greens-commissioned poll, 39% agreed...
The Y NSW (previously the YMCA) launches Australia’s first alternative suspension program for kids suspended from school. Within 12 months of a student being suspended, they are 50 per cent more likely to engage in anti-social behaviour and 70 per cent more likely to engage in...
Christine Grové and Alexandra Marinucci have looked at some steps that might help parents. School attendance levels in Australia are a massive issue according to Education Minister Jason Clare. As he told reporters last week, he hopes to talk to state colleagues about the issue at a...
This is why it matters – and we can do something about it, write researchers Linda J. Graham Callula Killingly Jenna Gillett-Swan and Penny Van Bergen “School SUX!” We’ve all heard it and some of us have felt it. It’s such a common sentiment that parents and teachers...
Tired and overwhelmed parents can be conflicted over how to deal with a teenager who refuses to go to school. How much should the child be pushed? write Dr Ginni Mansberg and Jo Lamble Case study: Overcoming school refusal Priya came to see me because her youngest...
