Supporting our child with Emotional Based School Avoidance - EBSA

For some children and young people, school does not feel the safe space it once did. Whether this was because of changes during Covid or if there or other underlying issues, many children are struggling with anxiety and for some, attending school has become impossible.

We know how distressing this can be for our child, for us and how big an impact this has on our whole family too. Lets look at reasons this could be happening, validate their fears and look at how we can help our child.

Pinpoint are the OFFICIAL Parent Carer Forum for Cambridgeshire providing help and information to parents and carers of children and young people aged 0-25 with additional needs and disabilities in Cambridgeshire.

Pinpoint have a dedicated part time staff team of SEND parent carers offering signposting and events for all things SEND and opportunities for parents to have a say and get involved in improving local services.

No formal diagnosis is required to access support from Pinpoint – a child may be on a waiting list, accessing services, had a referral turned down, or just be struggling.

You will be sent an email containing the link to access the session 2 days before, 2 hours before and at the start of the session. Please do check your junk mail and spam folders as these emails sometimes end up there!

Be comfortable at Pinpoint sessions - You can keep your camera off and stay on mute and simply join us and other parent carers who “get it” from your sofa 😊

For more information, please visit our website