A seven-year-old with severe ADHD fitting the classic explosive child behaviours with some defiance and work refusal witnesses his closest relative, his grandmother, die while being resuscitated; mother works in the school. He is returned to school after one week of grieving, to “keep a normal routine”, as kids just bounce back through these things. The first day of mother’s return to work, he witnesses an outpouring of sympathy towards mom. None for him. The lockdown drill happens. How would you support him?
School Phobia and Exclusion
Youth Mental Health Canada
