Application of the consultant role to parent-teacher management of school avoidance behavior
APPLICATION OF T H E CONSULTANT ROLE TO PARENT-TEACHER
MANAGEMENT OF SCHOOL AVOIDANCE BEHAVIOR
JO ANN COOPER’
Sparta (Wis.) Area Schools
Traditionally, school phobia has been defined in terms of psychoanalytic
principles. The school-phobic child is described as having feelings of extreme un-
easiness or fear of the school situation, and as a consequence he tries to avoid school.
The psychoan
