Moving from Assessment: To Treatment of School Refusal Behavior in Youth (Report‪)‬

School refusal behavior is a difficult problem faced by many parents, educators, and mental health professionals. A functional model to guide classification, assessment, and treatment of this population has evolved in recent years. In this article, step-by-step recommendations are made for synthesizing assessment information from a particular case toward the development and confirmation of a functional hypothesis. An illustrative example is also provided. Keywords: School refusal behavior, functional assessment, youths.