This essay is about family therapists who, on behalf of social services, providesupport to children and adolescents with significant school absenteeism. Theinterviewees in the study describe their work with the target group, the reasonsthey believe contribute to school absenteeism, the methods and approaches theyuse in their work, as well as the challenges and opportunities they see in workingwith these young people. The study shows that family therapists assess the youthand their home and school situations in order to deeply understand how to proceedwith individual treatment. Often, neurodevelopmental diagnoses are part of theadolescents' profile of problems. Students with significant school absenteeism area group who would like to attend school but feel they cannot, for various reasons.Family therapists use a variety of approaches in treatment and wish for morecohesive method materials on how to approach social work with adolescents withsignificant school absenteeism.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:UPSALLA1/oai:DiVA.org:mau-68501 |
| Date | January 2024 |
| Creators | Ewald, Lisa, Lönnestål, Emma |
| Publisher | Malmö universitet, Fakulteten för hälsa och samhälle (HS) |
| Source Sets | DiVA Archive at Upsalla University |
| Language | Swedish |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Student thesis, info:eu-repo/semantics/bachelorThesis, text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
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