School Refusal or Truancy ? Key Distinction
School Refusers cannot attend school
Truants will not attend school
School Refusal
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Truancy
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Anxiety/fear re attending school
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Absence of anxiety/ fear
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Child complains of feeling ill…
headaches, vomiting, diarrhoea
nausea, sleep disturbance
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Child often displays no physical symptoms of illness
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Parents aware of absences
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Absences concealed from parents and school
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Home is a safe secure place for child
during school hours
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Child usually avoids home during school hours
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Anti social behaviour not a factor
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Anti social /disruptive behaviour often present
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Child happy to do schoolwork at home
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Child lacks interest in school work
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