Katharina Manassis, MD
Psychiatrist
Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto [3]
Professor of Psychiatry, Senior Associate Scientist
University of Toronto [4]
Dr. Manassis addresses why children sometimes refuse to go to school, when school refusal become a serious problem, and helpful therapies.
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For parents
For clinicians
When Children Refuse School: A Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy Approach (Therapist Guide), [8] by Christopher A. Kearney and Anne Marie Albano (Oxford University Press, 2007)
Bernstein GA, Borchardt CM, Perwien AR et al. (2000), Imipramine plus cognitive-behavioral therapy in the treatment of school refusal. (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 39:276Y283)
Bernstein GA, Hektner JM, Borchardt CM, McMillan MH (2001), Treatment of school refusal: one-year follow-up. (J Am Acad Child Adolesc Psychiatry 40:206Y213)
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy with Children: A Guide for the Community Practitioner, [9] by Katharina Manassis (Routledge, 2009)
Interviewed by Jean Kaplan Teichroew, ADAA Director of Communications
Links:
[1] http://www.adaa.org/sites/default/files/podcasts/Manassis_SchoolRefusal-008.mp3
[2] http://www.adaa.org/%3Cdiv%20class%3D%22filefield-file%22%3E%3Cimg%20class%3D%22filefield-icon%20field-icon-audio-mpeg%22%20%20alt%3D%22audio/mpeg%20icon%22%20src%3D%22http%3A/%252Fwww.adaa.org/sites/all/modules/filefield/icons/audio-x-generic.png%22%20/%3E%3Ca%20href%3D%22http%3A/%252Fwww.adaa.org/sites/default/files/podcasts/Manassis_SchoolRefusal-008.mp3%22%20type%3D%22audio/mpeg%3B%20length%3D5168634%22%3EManassis_SchoolRefusal-008.mp3%3C/a%3E%3C/div%3E
[3] http://www.sickkids.ca/AboutSickKids/Directory/People/M/Katharina-Manassis-staff-profile.html
[4] http://www.utpsychiatry.ca/members/katharina-manassis/
[5] http://www.amazon.com/Keys-Parenting-Anxious-Child-Barrons/dp/0764139169/ref=sr_1_5?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1336423670&sr=1-5
[6] http://www.adaa.org/living-with-anxiety/children/school-refusal
[7] http://www.healthychildren.org/English/health-issues/conditions/emotional-problems/pages/When-Your-Child-Tries-To-Avoid-School
[8] http://www.amazon.com/When-Children-Refuse-School-Cognitive-Behavioral/dp/0195308301
[9] http://www.amazon.com/Cognitive-Behavioral-Therapy-Children-Practitioner/dp/0415996708
