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Incidents of school avoidance on the rise since the pandemic began

For some young people, school can cause a significant amount of distress. This can lead to diffic...

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14.14 14 Sep 2021


Incidents of school avoidance on the rise since the pandemic began


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14.14 14 Sep 2021


For some young people, school can cause a significant amount of distress. This can lead to difficulty attending school and school avoidance, and incidents of school avoidance are considerably on the rise since the pandemic began, Mark Smyth, Clinical Psychologist gives us some advice on dealing with this.  

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