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Assessment Practices and Issues with School-refusing Children

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 October 2014

Thomas H. Ollendick  and
Neville J. King
Thomas H. Ollendick*
Affiliation:
Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University
Neville J. King
Affiliation:
Monash University
*
Child Study Center, Department of Psychology, Virginia Polytechnic Institute andState University, Blacksburg VA 24060, USA
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School refusal is a complex and heterogeneously determined and experienced behaviour problem. Due to its complexity and heterogeneity, a multimethod and multisource approach to assessment is required. The approach is described as a hypothesis-testing approach which uses developmentally sensitive and empirically validated procedures. Clinical-behavioural interviews, structured diagnostic interviews, self-reports, reports of significant others, self-monitoring, and behavioural observations are recommended. Issues associated with these procedures are reviewed.

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Behaviour Change , Volume 15 , Issue 1 , March 1998 , pp. 16 - 30
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Copyright © The Author(s) 1998

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