# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

- **Type:** Video
- **Original URL:** https://www.instagram.com/p/DZQ_pqMT1RK
- **Gondola URL:** https://gondola.cc/posts/66393208-juleswaller-instagram
- **Thumbnail:** https://img.gondola.cc/tr:w-,h-,fo-auto/postThumbnails/65f99bddfc.jpg
- **Posted:** 2026-06-07T01:04:02.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

## Caption

Most parents come to me after months of trying everything the school suggested.

The reward charts. The firm boundaries. The “just get in the car.”

None of it worked - because none of it was addressing what was actually happening in their child’s body.

School refusal isn’t defiance. It’s not manipulation. It’s a nervous system that has learned that school isn’t safe - and is doing exactly what it’s designed to do.

The hard part? You can’t talk a child out of a threat response. You can’t reason with an alarm system.

But you can work with it.

That’s what the toolkit is for.

Comment TOOLKIT and I’ll send it to you.

- Jules x

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #teenanxiety #kidsmentalhealth #schooldropoff

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## Tags

schoolrefusal, schoolanxiety, teenanxiety, schooldropoff, kidsmentalhealth

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