Difficulties of the Ordinary Child in Adjusting to Primary School

Practitioner Review: School Refusal: Issues of Conceptualisation, Assessment, and Treatment

“…Unsurprisingly, the rate decreased in relation to the stringency of the criteria employed. Thus, whereas a rate of 25 % was obtained where the criterion was maternal report of child's dislike of, or refusal to go to, school during the past year (Moore, 1966), a rate of 0n65 % was obtained where the criterion was fear of school plus refusal to attend school. Kahn, Nursten, and Carroll (1996) report the findings of a large survey of English children absent in a particular week (NACEWO, 1975).…”

Review of 100 Unselected Child Guidance Clinic Referrals

“…This would not be surprising as in many children, the first encounter with school may produce separation anxiety, which later subsides and is usual ly followed by a satisfactory adjustment to the new environment. In his study on difficulties in adjusting to primary school, Moore [1966] found that: 'Boys who were only children tended to have the most problems of adjustment to school.' He also noted that at school, 'Rather fewer diffi culties were reported of girls than of boys', particularly 'at the later ages.…”

A Mother Helper Scheme in the Infant Schoo

“…This could well indicate their lack of awareness of the depth and extent of the home problems faced by many infant school children. Teachers in the main are as unaware of these as they are of the child's problems in adjusting to the school situation (Moore, 1966). They will remain unaware as long as the gulf between home and school remains unbridged.…”