Abstract :
School refusal is a significant problem that effects students’ academic and social development. School refusal is a challenging problem for parents, school administrators and school counselors and there are wide ranges of interventions to cope with it. In this study, twelve studies that examined the effectiveness of cognitive behavioral interventions with school-refusing children and adolescents published between 2009 - 2015 were reviewed. Relaxation techniques, developing coping strategies, social skills training, cognitive restructuring, exposure, and systematic desensitization are commonly used treatment techniques for school refusal. Although the majority of the studies have showed that cognitive behavioral interventions are effective in treating children and adolescents with school refusal, especially further empiric research is needed in Turkey
