APPENDIX 1: Profile of Risk of emotional based school avoidance
The Profile of Risk schedule consists of five key areas, each of which contains a number of items you are asked to consider in terms of their possible importance in influencing emotionally based attendance difficulties.
You should be as objective as possible when completing the schedule and base assessments on evidence.
During the process of completing the schedule, it may be useful to not factors associated with particular items, such as:
•	This has been an issue in the past, but doesn’t appear to be now.
•	This has been an issue in the past and has persisted as an important item.
Items on the scale are not rated numerically, like a typical rating scale, as one single item (e.g. death of a parent) is so important it cannot be rated in the same way other items might be rated.
If the profile suggests to you that the CYP is at risk of emotionally based school avoidance, the next step would be to obtain the views of the young person, parents and other staff.

	Level of concern	
Loss and Change	High	Med	Low	Not an issue	Not known	
Death of parent, relative, friend						
Death of pet						
Sudden traumatic event						
Sudden separation from parent						
Moving house, school, area						
Loss of classmate						
Parent, relative, friend illness						
Note on key items

	
Family Dynamic	High	Med	Low	Not an issue	Not known	
Inappropriate parenting						
Birth of new child						
Parents separated						
Parents arguing/fighting						
Practical problems bringing child to school						
Problems with parental control						
Jealous of sibling at home						
Note on key items

	
Social Personal	High	Med	Low	Not an  issue	Not known	
Being bullied						
Seems to have few friends/friendship issues						
English as an additional language						
Dislikes play/break times						
Few leisure interests						
Note on key items

	
Curriculum/Learning issues	High	Med	Low	Not an issue	Not known	
Low levels of literacy						
PE and/or games issues						
General learning difficulties						
Subject specific difficulties						
Exam or test anxiety						
Difficulties with a particular teacher/adult						
Problems keeping up in lessons						
Note on key items

	
Psychological wellbeing	High	Med	Low	Not an issue	Not known	
Often seems tired						
Low self esteem						
Appears depressed						
Appears anxious						
Keeps feelings to them selves						
Has a pessimistic nature						
Note on key items

	
Other issues	High	Med	Low	Not an issue	Not known	

						

Note on key items