EBSA school staff survey

This survey is for school staff working with children and young people who have experienced or are experiencing worries about and difficulties going to school (sometimes called Emotionally Based School Avoidance or EBSA).

We want to find out more about your experience, what helps/helped and what doesn’t or didn’t and what you think might make or have made a positive difference.

We are asking these questions so that we can make changes in the future and hopefully make sure that children and young people who display EBSA behaviours are well supported at the earliest stage.

Many children and young people worry about school. This is normal. Anxieties are part of life and learning to deal with them is part of growing up. However sometimes a child’s worries may lead to difficulties attending school. We take a broad definition of EBSA. If a child has high levels of anxiety difficulties attending certain classes, struggles with engaging with parts of the school day, does not want to attend school or is not attending school they may be experiencing Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA).

Thank you for taking the time to complete the survey.