Free guides
EBSA Guides for Parents
These guides are written for families trying to understand EBSA, masking, school distress, school refusal and school avoidance. They are free to read and do not require an account.
They are educational. They do not diagnose a child and they do not replace medical, psychological, educational or legal advice.
School refusal or EBSA?
The difference between attendance difficulty, emotional distress and a child’s capacity to cope.
Read the guideMasking and school anxiety
Why a child may seem fine at school and fall apart at home, and what that can cost them.
Read the guideWhen your child cannot attend school
School refusal and school avoidance support: what to record, what to ask school, and how to ask for a meeting.
Read the guideEBSA support for parents
What EBSA means, what to do next, and when school, educational psychology, health or local authority involvement may be relevant.
Read the guideEBSA assessment
What an EBSA assessment or exploration may consider, and what it can and cannot establish.
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The book and the companion
Unmasking EBSA by Jessica Buckle MABP and Nicola Middlehurst FMBPsS gives the understanding. The companion platform helps readers record it, notice patterns and build evidence over time.
What is an EBSA Support Plan?
An EBSA Support Plan is a written, shared plan describing what a child finds difficult, what is being tried, who is doing what and how the impact will be reviewed. It is agreed between the family, the child and school, and it is not a legal document.
EBSA-Simplified Support is the practical tool for recording patterns, attendance, emotional impact and next steps.
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