EBSNA Morning Routines and 4-week Re-Entry Guide

If mornings feel like a battlefield, if your child’s tears, shutdowns, or refusals are becoming the norm, you’re not failing. You’re facing something thousands of families across the UK are navigating right now: EBSNA (Emotionally Based School Non-Attendance).

This free guide will help you understand what’s happening beneath the surface and give you a 4-week re-entry playbook that combines science, strategy, and small wins.


What’s Inside the Guide?

Here’s exactly what you’ll find when you download:

Sensory-safe morning strategies: simple changes that make mornings calmer for everyone.
The 4-week re-entry playbook: a step-by-step plan for moving from patterns → phased return → SEN support.
Ready-to-use scripts: emails and conversation templates for the initial conversations to advocate with schools without burning out.
Extra resources: links to podcast episodes, toolkits, and wellbeing checklists to keep your family supported.

It’s practical, parent-friendly, and rooted in both lived experience and up-to-date research.

Download our 4-week re-entry guide

At Maverick Education and Bettering Youth, we’ve walked alongside families in Berkshire, Surrey, Buckinghamshire, Hampshire, and beyond as they’ve navigated school refusal, anxiety, and exam stress. We know how isolating it can feel and how powerful it is to have a roadmap.

This guide has been created to save you time, give you language to use with schools, and remind you that tiny wins count.

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