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Quick Glance: Parents' Struggle Against School Refusal Due to Fear for Children
  • Kerry Grantham, a parent from Bray, Co Wicklow, searches the dictionary for the term 'school refusal', but she does not find the definition.

  • Education experts use various terms for distressed young people who feel unable to attend school - school refusal, school phobia, or school reluctance - all agreeing that this is becoming a growing concern.

  • Parents face significant challenges as their children may be anxious, have an undiagnosed condition, experience bullying, or encounter issues with teachers. Support is often lacking, leading to battles to access alternative services.

  • Grantham continues to worry about the future, not just her son's education, but also the developmental impact. When she had to return to work, he would spend time alone in his room. She once confided in a friend that it felt like he had been forgotten by the world.
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Secrecy shrouds reports of abuse, harm to Native American schoolchildren: Thousands of reports designated for recording abuse, neglect, injuries ...
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Secrecy shrouds reports of abuse, harm to Native American schoolchildren
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New report identifies student deaths linked to Colorado’s Native American boarding schools: “No child should ever die at school”
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New report identifies student deaths linked to Colorado’s Native American ...
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Report: Dozens of Native American children died at Colorado boarding schools: The report, under the direction of Dr. Holly Kathryn Norton, the state ...
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Report: Dozens of Native American children died at Colorado boarding ...
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Hundreds gather in Seattle, Tulalip to remember dark past of boarding schools: Two events offered space to remember the horrors of the federal Native American ...
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Hundreds gather in Seattle, Tulalip to remember dark past of boarding ...
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More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed: A nonprofit Native American group has found details about 115 more Indian boarding ...
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More schools that forced American Indian children to assimilate revealed
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The Ute Tribe’s kids have been failed by the public school system more than any other students in Utah. Read part 1 of series.
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The Ute Tribe’s kids have been failed by the public school system more ...
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Search for remains resumes at former Indigenous school: If the dig reveals human remains, the State Archeology Office will continue to work with the Nebraska ...
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Search for remains resumes at former Indigenous school
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Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of boarding school students
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Native American leaders visit site of archeological dig to find remains of ...
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What is an apology without justice?: While Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper apologized for the residential school system in 2008 ...
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What is an apology without justice?
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Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be surprising: The schools were tools of the U.S. government's attempts to erase tribal ...
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Federal Indian boarding schools still exist, but what's inside may be ...
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Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak Out About Abuse: Native survivors share stories of beatings, forced labor, sex abuse, and more as part of the federal ...
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Indian Boarding School Survivors Speak Out About Abuse
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Oregon’s Steph Littlebird on new book and exhibit about Native resilience: ‘I want children to know this hist
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Oregon’s Steph Littlebird on new book and exhibit about Native resilience: ...
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Historic photos shed new light on an Indian boarding school in the Yakima Valley: Early-1900s photos shed more light on a present-day investigation into a ...
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Historic photos shed new light on an Indian boarding school in the Yakima ...
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Rupert Steele, Goshute leader who fought to protect tribal land, culture, dies at 69
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Rupert Steele, Goshute leader who fought to protect tribal land, culture ...
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