School Refusal & Avoidance

Join us for a dynamic, solutions-focused webinar on School Refusal and School Avoidance, bringing together a multidisciplinary panel to help families and schools better understand, respond to, and support students struggling to attend school. Moderated by S.E.L.F. Legal Aid Staff Attorney Laura Sullivan, this discussion will feature expert insights from a neuropsychologist Dr. Erin Micali, special education attorney Meredith Braxton, special education advocate Mary Waghorne, and Head of Fusion Fairfield School Amanda Sylvester. Together, the panel will explore root causes, early signs, legal considerations, evaluation and intervention strategies, and practical school-based and home-based approaches to re-engagement.