Both my kids are having issues with school attendance, but when I talked with my youngest daughter's T on Monday, she told me we will put "work on school refusal" on the treatment plan. What I did not know is that it is actually a diagnosis in the DSM5, I thought it was "refusing to go to school."

Has anyone heard of this, how in the world do you overcome it, and how can I stay out of jail? My six year old is already in danger of failing 1st grade due to excessive absences, and it's only the 10th week of school.

I have a meeting with the Vice Principal and DD's guidance counselor tomorrow, I'm trying to figure out what in the world to do about this.

Any and all advice welcome, thanks in advance.