Risk factors
Child or young person |
Family or home |
School |
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Anxiety, depression or other mental health concerns |
High levels of family stress, including financial stress, conflict or domestic violence | Bullying |
| Low emotional awareness, high sensitivity to aversive bodily feelings or exaggerated response to uncertainty | Changes to the home environment or home dynamic, including divorce, seperation, bereavement or parent or carer illness | Relationship difficulties with staff or peers |
| Difficulties with managing and regulating emotions | Siblings at home, such as home educated or due to health needs | Difficulties making and maintaining friendships and being socially isolated |
| Traumatic events and adverse childhood experiences | Young carer responsibilities | Difficulties in particular subjects |
| Low levels of self-confidence or self-estee. Fear of failure | Loss and bereavement | Academic demands, high level of pressure and performance orientated classrooms, exams |
| Separation anxiety, anxiety about parenting, carer wellbeing, attachment issues with parent or carer | Family history of EBSA | Transition to secondary school, key stage or change of school |
| Having a special educational need or disability | Parental mental health difficulties | Structure of the school day |
| Learning difficulties, developmental difficulties or needs on the autistic spectrum if unidentified or unsupported | Overly protective parenting style | Ineffective SEN provision |
| Reluctance to interact, anxiety interacting, withdrawal from unfamiliar settins, people or objects | Impaired family interactions or dynamics | Activities the child or young person can not manage, for example sport, PE, performing in public |
| Transport journey to and from school |