ADHD or ADD) are more likely to dread going to school: preschool and kindergarten, and the transitions to middle and high school.
Reasons for school avoidance vary from separation anxiety in young children to fear of increasing academic demands in middle and high school.
High levels of anxiety, peer rejection, or bullying can play a role. Then, of course, there is the COVID-19 pandemic. Many students with ADHD have “good reasons” for avoiding school beyond virus concerns.
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