Structural and strategic approach to school phobia/school refusal
Psycholog? in rhe Schoolr
Volume 21. Julv. 1984
STRUCTURAL AND STRATEGIC APPROACH TO
SCHOOL PHOBIA/SCHOOL REFUSAL’
HEIDI HSlA
Gaithersburg Health Center
Different theoretical approaches to school phobia/school refusal are reviewed briefly.
A structural and strategic approach is presented in which school phobia and school
refusal are viewed as two ends of a continuum of progression from “involuntary”
symptoms on one
