Since the Covid Shutdown, school avoidance and refusal has increased as students from kindergarten through high school readjust to a full time in person school experience. But the shutdown is only one of many factors in current school refusals which include: academic stress, emerging mental health issues, as well as issues that involve relationships at home, in the community and at school. In this workshop we will discuss a method of assessing the factors that lead a student to refuse and avoid school and an approach that involves direct collaboration with the student and family to resolve the school avoidance issue.