1987 年 1 巻 1 号 p. 68-84
I view school refusal problems from a systemic perspective and assist families by utilizing school consultation and family therapy approaches.
It has been noted that school refusal problems stem at the point where the two systems, the school and family, meet. Thus the approach should not be in chosing between one or the other system, but to take the perspective of seeing the system as including both the school and the family.
The paper describes the following approaches which were utilized in working with five male high school refusal cases:
a. intervening in the family system by utilizing family therapy
b. considering parents as co-therapists and providing parenting skills at a Parents' Group
c. intervening by utilizing school consultations
The results of the three approaches were reported and the importance of intervening in both systems were emphasized. Furthermore, different problems and issues in each type of interventions were discussed.