In this episode, Dr Tina Rae discusses children who struggle to attend school, and the ongoing impact of the pandemic on school attendance. She explores the reasons behind Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA) and shares strategies to help schools and families to work together.
Dr Tina Rae has over 40 years’ experience working with children, adults, and families in clinical and educational contexts within local authorities and specialist services. She is currently working as a consultant educational and child psychologist in a range of specialist and mainstream contexts. She also supports fostering agencies as a consultant psychologist working with foster carers, social workers and looked after children.
Tina is a prolific author and has over 100 publications to date. These reflect her ongoing passion for developing practical resources for schools which have an evidence base and enable practitioners to ethically deliver effective preventative mental health interventions in schools.
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