Which Strategies Can a Nurse Teach to Parents of a Child

question 15

Multiple Choice

Which strategies can a nurse teach to parents of a child experiencing uncomplicated school refusal? (Select all that apply.)

• A) The child should be allowed to stay home until the anxiety about going to school is resolved.
• B) Parents should be empathetic yet firm in their insistence that the child attend school.
• C) A modified school attendance may be necessary.
• D) Parents need to pick the child up at school whenever the child wants to come home.
• E) Parents need to communicate with the teachers about the situation.

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Definitions:

Spontaneous Recovery

The reappearance of a learned response after its apparent extinction, often occurring suddenly in response to the original conditioning stimulus.

Secondary Reinforcement

A process in which a stimulus reinforces behavior after it has been associated with a primary reinforcer, often through social or conditioned means.

Discrimination

Unjust or prejudicial treatment of different categories of people, especially on the grounds of race, age, gender, or disability.

Spontaneous Recovery

The unexpected return of a learned behavior after its apparent extinction, highlighting the persistence of memory traces.