Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children with Persistent Refusal and Avoidance (Paperback)
Language: English
Published by Michaela Gordon, 2026
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Paperback. Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children With Persistent Refusal and Avoidance examines why some children persistently resist, refuse, or avoid everyday expectations-and why the same outward behavior may require very different responses. Rather than assuming that refusal is always caused by dysregulation or is simply behavioral, the book offers a practical framework for considering sensory and emotional regulation, cognitive flexibility, executive functioning, developmental skills, environmental factors, learned patterns, and the function of behavior.Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children With Persistent Refusal and Avoidance_REVISED_MASTER_CHANGES.pdfDrawing on research across autism, ADHD, anxiety, family accommodation, self-regulation, executive functioning, and behavior, the book helps parents and professionals distinguish between a child who has temporarily lost access to their skills and a child who is struggling to accept, shift to, or participate in a non-preferred expectation. Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children With Persistent Refusal and Avoidance_REVISED_MASTER_CHANGES.pdfThrough practical examples and strategies, readers are encouraged to consider when to accommodate, when to co-regulate, when to scaffold or teach a skill, and when a child may benefit from support in building greater flexibility and tolerance for necessary but non-preferred experiences. The goal is not compliance for its own sake, but helping children develop greater capacity, participation, flexibility, and independence while respecting genuine developmental and neurodevelopmental needs. Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children With Persistent Refusal and Avoidance_REVISED_MASTER_CHANGES.pdfWritten for parents, occupational therapists, educators, and other professionals, this book offers a thoughtful framework for looking beneath refusal and determining what kind of support may be most helpful for the individual child. Explores why children persistently refuse or avoid everyday expectations and offers a practical framework for distinguishing regulation challenges, skill needs, cognitive inflexibility, and learned avoidance to guide individualized support. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.…
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- Title
- Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children with Persistent Refusal and Avoidance (Paperback)
- Author
- Michaela E. Gordon
- Publisher
- Michaela Gordon
- Publication year
- 2026
- Condition
- new
- Binding
- Paperback
- Language
- English
- ISBN 13
- 9798994687482
When a child repeatedly says “no,” refuses everyday activities, avoids demands, or becomes stuck around expectations, it can be difficult to understand what is really driving the behavior—and even harder to know what to do next.
Exploring Causes and Approaches to Help Children With Persistent Refusal and Avoidance offers a practical, child-centered framework for looking beyond the behavior itself and considering the many factors that may contribute to persistent refusal and avoidance.
Rather than assuming that all refusal has the same cause, this resource explores different pathways that may underlie avoidance, including regulation, sensory processing, emotional responses, cognitive flexibility, anxiety, task demands, and the interaction between the child and their environment.
The book provides practical ways to:
- Look beneath refusal and avoidance to better understand what a child may be communicating
- Consider whether a child’s behavior is primarily related to regulation, flexibility, emotional factors, or other underlying needs
- Identify patterns and possible contributing factors
- Match supportive approaches to the child’s individual needs
- Reduce unnecessary power struggles and escalation
- Create greater predictability, safety, and connection
- Help children gradually develop greater flexibility and participation
- Reflect on what may be maintaining a pattern of avoidance
- Apply the framework to everyday situations at home, school, and in therapeutic settings
Throughout the book, the emphasis is on understanding before responding. Refusal is not treated simply as a behavior that needs to be stopped, but as something worth exploring and understanding within the context of the whole child.
This resource is intended for parents, educators, occupational therapists, therapists, and other professionals who support children experiencing persistent refusal and avoidance.
It is a framework for exploration—not a one-size-fits-all solution. Each child is different, and effective support begins with curiosity, observation, and a willingness to look beneath the surface.
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