{"id":22268,"date":"2024-12-04T15:06:20","date_gmt":"2024-12-04T15:06:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/?page_id=22268"},"modified":"2024-12-12T12:23:52","modified_gmt":"2024-12-12T12:23:52","slug":"what-are-the-signs-of-ebsa","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/education\/attendance-and-inclusion\/ebsa\/understanding-ebsa\/what-are-the-signs-of-ebsa\/","title":{"rendered":"What are the signs of EBSA?\u202f"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>EBSA can look different for each child. Some behaviours may include:\u202f&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Frequent absences for minor illnesses or circumstances.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Often feeling unwell.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Difficulty separating from parents\/carers.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Difficulties sleeping.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Friendship issues.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Changes in personality and mood.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Emotional volatility including tearfulness, irritability and anger.\u202f<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Poor academic attainment.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"586\" height=\"600\" id=\"longdesc-return-22502\" longdesc=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education?longdesc=22502&#038;referrer=22268\" tabindex=\"-1\" src=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2024\/12\/signs-of-ebsa-586x600.png\" alt=\"Signs of Emotionally Based School Avoidance\" class=\"wp-image-22502\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2024\/12\/signs-of-ebsa-586x600.png 586w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2024\/12\/signs-of-ebsa-293x300.png 293w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2024\/12\/signs-of-ebsa-640x656.png 640w, https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/170\/2024\/12\/signs-of-ebsa.png 700w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 586px) 100vw, 586px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Graphic with the title Signs of Emotionally Based School Avoidance and the words: feeling unwell; sleeping difficulties; separation worry; changes in mood; friendship issues; tearful, irritable or angry; low school performance and absence for small illnesses.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>These behaviours are not necessarily indicators of EBSA and it is always important to consider behaviours in the wider context.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>EBSA can look different for each child. Some behaviours may include:\u202f&nbsp; These behaviours are not necessarily indicators of EBSA and it is always important to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":981,"featured_media":0,"parent":22265,"menu_order":2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-guides.php","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"class_list":["post-22268","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-05-22 19:48:59","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22268","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/981"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=22268"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22268\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":22524,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22268\/revisions\/22524"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/22265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.devon.gov.uk\/children-families-education\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=22268"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}