“School can’t:” what’s really going on for our kids
August 26, 2026 For years we’ve talked about “school refusal.” Increasingly, both researchers and clinicians are moving to a different term: “school can’t.” The shift is more than semantics. Refusal implies a choice. Can’t describes something closer to what’s actually happening, a child whose distress has climbed past the point they’re able to manage on their own, often...Read more
