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EBSA Gold Standard: Introduction

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An evidence-based introduction to EBSA using the Three Pathways framework. Understand the neuroscience behind school avoidance and why traditional approaches fail.

What you'll learn

  • Define EBSA using current research frameworks
  • Distinguish EBSA from truancy and school refusal
  • Explain the Three Pathways model of school avoidance

Course modules

4 modules, each mapped to a Bloom's Taxonomy level so the learning ladders from recall to real-world practice.

  1. 1

    What EBSA is - and is not

    Bloom: Remember

    Why 'refusal' is the wrong word and what it costs children.

  2. 2

    The Three Pathways

    Bloom: Understand

    Anxiety-driven, capacity-driven and trauma-driven presentations.

  3. 3

    Nervous system basics

    Bloom: Understand

    The HPA axis, threat response, and morning shutdown.

  4. 4

    Why pressure backfires

    Bloom: Analyse

    Analyse a case where escalation deepened avoidance.

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