school phobia
- noun
- /skuːl ˈfoʊbiə/
- Specialized
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fobia escolar
- Consulting your child's pediatrician to determine if his separation anxiety is rooted in school phobia and discussing the matter with your child can help you determine the best course of action.
- children with school phobia
Examples
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Nonetheless, behavioral therapy does seem to be the treatment of choice for school phobia, both in terms of its practicality and effectiveness.
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If detected early, school phobia can be treated effectively.
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Various articles report that the incidence of school phobia is higher among certain groups.
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Within 5 weeks, the child's school phobia was successfully treated.
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This article examines the complex phenomena related to children and school phobia.
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One such approach was employed for a six-year-old first grader with school phobia.
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From the research that has been cited, one can confidently conclude that school phobia is a serious and complex disorder that is both an individual and family problem.
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Although there are few systematic studies that assess the effectiveness of certain therapeutic techniques for school phobia, there are many individual case studies that have supported the notion that therapy is successful with this population.
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Counselors have a major role to play by encouraging teachers to be aware of children with this problem of school phobia, conducting in-service programs, and providing follow-up services.
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Many children with school phobia experience extreme anxiety when it's time to go to class.
Antonyms
How Fearful
- Specialized
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Surface Forms
Morphology
The meaning 'an intense fear of attending school' is directly and transparently compositional from 'school' (institution for education) + 'phobia' (intense irrational fear). The productive pattern 'X phobia' reliably denotes 'fear of X' in English (and is recognizable across many languages), so a B1 learner who knows both constituents can infer the MWE meaning.
Etymology
School phobia puts together school and phobia, where 'phobia' means 'fear'. It gives a clear picture of a child who is so scared they refuse to go into class. That's why it means 'a very strong fear of going to school'.