# @juleswaller_ on Instagram

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- **Posted:** 2026-10-05T23:56:57.000+00:00
- **Account Owner:** Julie Waller (Jules) | School Refusal Support (@juleswaller_) — https://gondola.cc/juleswaller_

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This is the research I wish someone had shown me in year one. 

The authors put it in one sentence: “Significant effects were found for attendance but not for anxiety.” (Maynard et al., 2018).

I did everything the professionals told us to do for my daughter’s school refusal. 
None of it worked.

For a long time I assumed that meant we’d done it wrong. 
Not practised enough. 
Not pushed the next step hard enough.

What nobody explained was the order of things. 
Her body was in fear before any helpful thought had a chance. 

Once we started with safety in her body, everything else finally had somewhere to land.

She went on to finish high school and get into her first-choice university.

Did CBT help your child, or did it feel like something was missing?

With love,

 - Jules ♥️

#schoolrefusal #schoolanxiety #schoolavoidance #schoolcant #childrensmentalhealth

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schoolavoidance, schoolrefusal, schoolcant, schoolanxiety, childrensmentalhealth

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