Table 1.

Characteristics of the six participants.

	School	Diagnosis	Absenteeism*	Refusal behaviour
A	Lower secondary school	Neuro-developmental disorder	3 days	Sleeping in, tiredness, stomach ache, aggression
B	Primary school	Anxiety	2.5 days	Verbal refusal, somatic complaints
C	Primary school	Anxiety symptoms	0 days	Verbal refusal
D	Primary school	Anxiety	0.5 days	Anxiety symptoms, frustration, verbal refusal
E	Primary school	Neuro-developmental disorder Anxiety	2.5 days	Postpones tasks related to school, delaying
F	Lower secondary school	Depression symptoms	5 days	Total absenteeism, low motivation, boredom, depression symptoms

*Average weekly absenteeism in 2020 prior to lockdown.