School Phobia and Its Consequences on School Children: The Way Forward
Keywords:
school children and way forward, consequences, school phobiaAbstract
School phobia behaviour is a psychosocial problem for students characterized by severe emotional distress and anxiety at the prospect of going to school, leading to difficulties in attending school and, in some cases, significant absences from school. This study examines the consequences, signs, causes and interventions or treatment of school phobia. Having discovered that school phobia is harmful to the prospect of the school children, this study proposes that through adequate and effective programmes such as seminars, conferences, workshops, computer cognitive restructuring counselling technique (CRT), raded exposure technique (GET) and so on. Parents, teachers and students of all categories should be trained to keep them abreast with the consequences and relevant interventions necessary to reduce or eliminate the both the short term and long term effect of school phobia on school children.
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