France

Information in the menus below was updated in June 2022. If you have information to share with others in your country, please contact your country’s hosts: Marie Gallé-Tessonneau (marie.galle-tessonneau@hotmail.fr) or Laelia Benoit (laelia.benoit@gmail.com).

People, groups, and organizations
Not for profit
- Dr. Laelia Benoit, MD, PhD., Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Yale University, USA ; Inserm, France.
- Pr. Jean Marc Baleyte, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Head of department, UPEC, Créteil.
- Dr. Hélène Denis, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, CHU de Montpellier.
- Dr. Anne Franceschini, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Hôpital Pitié-Salpêtrière, Paris.
- Nicolas Hespel, Directeur du Centre Hospitalier de la Pitié-Salpétrière, Fondation G. Heuyer, Paris.
- Odile Mandagaran, President of Association Phobie Scolaire.
- Dr. Marie Gallé Tessonneau, Psychologist, Psychology Laboratory of Univesity of Bordeaux; Psychologue spécialiste du refus scolaire anxieux, Bordeaux.
- Dr. Margarita Garcia-Amador – Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Cabinet Pluridiscipliniare, Toulouse.
- Dr Anne Li, Pediatrician, expert in somatic symptoms and chronic pain in anxious school refusal, Paris.
- Pr. Isabelle Queval, Philosopher and academic at INSHEA, Titulaire de la Chaire Unesco Handicap Education et Numérique
- Pr. Jean-Philippe Raynaud, Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist, Head of Department, Service Universitaire de Psychiatrie de l'Enfant et de l'Adolescent (SUPEA), CHU de Toulouse.
- Delphine Rideau, Directrice de la Maison des Adolescents de Strasbourg, Strasbourg.
- The School Phobia Association is an association of parents of children who display or have displayed school refusal. The association aims to change the understanding, recognition, and care of these children in need. The association’s projects are: Support for Families, Help with Exchanges with School Teams, Research and Reflection with Health Professionals.
- Hospital unit specialized in school refusal. MPEA Peyre Plantade CHU Montpellier France, Dr Hélène DENIS.
- The French Association of Psychologists, National Education.
- “Etre Prof”, French Network Resources for teachers.
- The Nantes Center for Educational Research (CREN EA2661) is the University of Nantes research laboratory in education. CREN conducts research in two areas: (1) Education Policies and Training Facilities; and (2) Education, Teaching, and Learning Processes. One of CREN's research areas is on the issue of early school leaving, under the direction of Pierre-Yves Bernard, more particularly its territorial variations, the subjective experience of early school leaving by young people, and the policies implemented to combat it.
- Research Team “Vulnerabilities, Inequality, life Path” of the Emile Durkeim Center, Department of Sociology, University of Bordeaux. The research team is working on social policies related to school and professional dropout, training, social integration, job insecurity and disability. The team develops public policy analysis work in the field of the training-employment relationship, youth policies and disability. The new social risks linked to school dropout and difficulties of professional integration are among the objects investigated at different levels of scale (national, regional, and individualization of trajectories, etc.). Joël Zaffran is co-director of the team. Website of the research center.
- The National Assessment Board of the School System (CNESCO, ‘Conseil National d’Evaluation du Système Scolaire’) is an institution charged with independent evaluation. It is composed of scientists from various disciplines, parliamentarians, as well as members of the Economic, Social and Environmental Council. CNESCO conducts a scientific and participatory evaluation of the school system to enlighten the various actors in the school and the general public.
- The Academic Cell for Research and Development in Innovation and Experimentation (CARDIE) is responsible for supporting institutions and/or schools and developing national innovation and experimentation policy.
For profit
- The “Centre Mellis”: A collaboration of private practitioners offering services for youth displaying school refusal and their families. Contact Marie Gallé-Tessonneau.
Current and upcoming activities and achievements
Various
- 2022: "Refus scolaire anxieux : étiologie, clinique et programme d'intervention". SUPEA-SPEAF, contact : abasolo.p@chu-toulouse.fr
- 2022: Café Info Pro "Les phobies scolaires_les principes de prise en charge, dispositifs et aménagement scolaires", 3 mars 2022, Maison des Adolescents de Strasbourg (contact : D. Rideau)
- 2016 - 2022 : Dispositif Parenthèse pour la prévention de l'éviction scolaire, Toulouse (contact : JP Raynaud)
- PHRC (Hospital Project for Clinical Research), development of 4 news units for School Refusal treatment in the hospitals of Nimes, Marseille, Béziers and Perpignan. This Research will last 4 years. Reaserch head by Dr. Hélène Denis, MPEA Peyre Plantade CHU Montpellier France.
- Publication of the book “Comprendre et soigner le refus scolaire anxieux; Psychothérapie de la phobie scolaire”, Dunod, Les ateliers du Praticien. (“Understanding and treating school refusal; psychotherapy of school phobia”)
Recent Publications (Derniers Artilces Scientifiques) 2021-2022
Past activities and achievements
2022
- 2022 May 9 & 10: Colloque Thérapies Multifamiliales (Paris)
2021
- 2021: Conférences UMMIS (Unité Mixte Mobile Intervention Scolaire), Créteil (contact : JM Baleyte).
2020
- 2020 November 25 to 28: “What to do for school refusal in adolescence?" Debate between two approaches: CBT (cognitive and behavioural therapy), TMF (multi-family therapy). Dr Aurélie HARF maison de Solenn Paris and Dr Hélène DENIS CHU Montpellier - French Congress of Psychiatry - 25 to 28 November 2020 in Strasbourg - Palais de la Musique et des Congrès.
2019
- 2019 Nov 21-22: Conference Prevention Addiction, Théâtre Quartier Libre, Ancenis Saint Géréon.
- 2019 Oct 2: FORSEp seminar, co-organised by LEST (Aix en Provence, Aix-Marseille University) and CREN, with the participation of Christian Imdorf (Leibniz Universtät Hannover) on the transformations of initial vocational training in Europe.
- 2019 May 28: Documentary report - Infrarouge about : Hospital unit specialized in school refusal. MPEA Peyre Plantade CHU Montpellier France, Dr Hélène DENIS.
- 2019 Mar 15-16: Workshop on the work of the “Special School Refusal unit of the Montpellier Hospital” at GIE (Interest and Study Group of the French Association for CBT - AFTCC) in Bordeaux. Managers of this workshop: Dr DENIS Montpellier; Julie CARRE Brest, Bertrand LLORET Bordeaux.
- 2015 Jan - 2019 Jun: CREN has developed the TEDS program (Territoires et décochages scolaires/Territories and school dropouts), with the financial support of the National Research Agency (ANR), under the scientific direction of Pierre-Yves Bernard. The TEDS research project aims to report on the territorial variations of school dropout in France, in order to determine the effects of context on this phenomenon and to better understand the diverse pathways and reasons for stalling youth. Researchers rely on a new approach that considers the diversity of school dropouts and their inclusion in specific territorial configurations, from local to national.
- 2018-2019: Survey: National health survey about school refusal in France www.parcoursphobiescolaire.fr . Dr Laelia Benoit, Researcher in Public health and sociology, National Institute for Health and Medical Research (Inserm).
2018
- 2018 Sept - 2021 Sept: A new research programme developed by CREN, entitled FORSEp (La forme scolaire dans l'enseignement professionnelle), which aims to study the transformations of initial vocational training in France, and, among other questions, how vocational training institutions (vocational high schools, apprenticeship training centres, production schools) adapt their practice in order to prevent school drop-outs.
- 2018: Crowdfunding for research on school attendance, Dr Laelia Benoit.
- 2018 May: Conference titled "Territories and School Dropouts" hosted by the University of Nantes. The conference focused on the results of the program financed by the National Research agency, and took stock of the research carried out on the issue of school dropout (TEDs).
2017
- 2017 Nov: International Comparisons Conference, “How to effectively deal with school dropout?”, hosted by the National School System Evaluation Council (‘Conseil National d’Evaluation du Système Scolaire’ [CNESCO]).
2016
- 2016 : Création du programme DALy avec le Rectorat de la Haute Garonne (Dr. Garcia Amador)
Helpful links and other resources
Books (Livres)
- Benoit L., Harf A., Moro M.R., (2020) Phobie scolaire, retrouver le plaisir d’apprendre, Vigot.
- Catheline N, Raynaud JP (2016) Les phobies scolaires aujourd'hui : un défi clinique et thérapeutique, Lavoisier.
- Estelle C., Denis H., (2020) 100 questions/réponses sur la phobie scolaire, Ellipses.
- Gallé-Tessonneau M., Dahéron L., (2020) Comprendre et soigner le refus scolaire anxieux, Dunod.
Watch & Listen (Voir & Ecouter)
- Toutes les recommandations de l’Association Phobie Scolaire, c’est ici.
- Toutes les vidéos de l’Association Phobie Scolaire : APS sur Youtube
- Tomber Les Murs, Episode 2, Phobie Scolaire, Tessae & Dr. Laelia Benoit (2021)
- Tomber Les Murs, Episode 1, Harcèlement, avec Tessae et Dr. Laelia Benoit (2021)
- RFI, Priorité Santé, Grandir avec ses émotions, Dr. Laelia Benoit (2019)
- RFI, 7 Milliards de Voisins, La phobie scolaire Dr. Laelia Benoit (2018)
- France Inter, La Tête au Carré, La phobie scolaire Dr. Laelia Benoit (2018)
Learn (S’Informer)
- Association Phobie Scolaire : Conférences , Webinar, La Tribune APS
- Dolomio, le site sur la douleur chronique de l'enfant et adolescent (Dr. Anne Li).
- Parechocs, Programme Anti-dépression à l’adolescence, SUPEA, Toulouse (Pr. Raynaud).
- Circulaire Bulletin Officiel "Plan de Lutte contre les Violences Scolaires", du 05 Septembre 2019.
Share (Dialoguer)

Les Groupes APS sur Facebook :
- Parents: un groupe d’échange fermé réservé aux parents.
- Classe100Classe: en support aux parents qui ont dû s’orienter vers une instruction à distance.
- Professionnels de l’Enseignement : réservé aux professionnels de l’Éducation Nationale.
Newspapers (La Presse en Parle)
- Phobie Scolaire, l’autre lutte des classes, Libération, Mar. 3, 2022
- Une enquête pour mieux cerner la phobie scolaire, La Croix, Jan. 8, 2019
- Portrait – Laelia Benoit, aux côtés des enfants face à la peur de l’école, Le Monde, Sept., 16, 2018
- Comment réagir lorsque votre enfant a une phobie scolaire ? Le Figaro, Sept. 17, 2018
- Un conseil scientifique pluridisciplinaire pour l’école, Le Monde, Sept, 1st, 2018
- Phobies scolaires,  Le Monde, Oct. 16, 2017
Resources on School Refusal/ Ressources sur le refus scolaire anxieux
- The School Refusal Evaluation Scale for Adolescents is available in the following article: Gallé-Tessonneau, M., & Gana, K. (online august 2018). Development and validation of the School Refusal Evaluation Scale for Adolescents. Journal of Pediatric Psychology. For access to the questionnaire, please contact Marie Gallé-Tessonneau.
- “Understanding and treating school refusal; psychotherapy of school phobia”; “Comprendre et soigner le refus scolaire anxieux; Psychothérapie de la phobie scolaire”, Dunod, Les ateliers du Praticien.
- Getting help: Understanding youth health care services in France, 2018, Benoit, L.
- Denis, H., & Caron, E. (2018). Refus scolaire et absentéisme à l’adolescence. EMC Psychiatrie, 3, 1-10.
- Denis, H., Fendeleur, S., Girod, C., Conejero, I., Bouvard, M., & Baghdadli, A. (2018). Refus scolaire anxieux: efficacité d’un programme de TCC en hospitalisation de jour. Journal de Thérapie Comportementale et Cognitive, 28, 123-130.
- Traiter les troubles anxieux chez l’enfant et l’adolescent. Du diagnostic à la prise en charge. Hélène DENIS. 2017. DUNOD
- Manuels de TCC pour le traitement des troubles anxieux, ZAP et DRAGON ZEN. Hélène DENIS. UMEO.
- See the website of the School Phobia Association
- The French translation of the School Refusal Assessment Scale is available in the following article: Brandibas G., Jeunier B., Gaspard J. L., & Fouraste R. (2001). Evaluation des modes de refus de l’ecole: validation francaise de la SRAS (School Refusal Assessment Scale) [Evaluation of school refusal modes: French validation of the SRAS (School Refusal Assessment Scale)]. Psychologie et Psychometrie,22, 45–58.
- Association Phobie Scolaire (2016). Ecole quand la phobie prends le dessus. Editions J. Lyon.
- Nicole, C., & Raynaud, J.-P. (2016). Les phobies scolaires aujourd'hui. Collection Psychiatrie en Pratique : Lavoisier.
- Anxious school refusal in immigrant adolescent”, transcultural aspect of identity development, 2015, Benoit, L.
- Le Heuzey, M.F., & Mouren, M.-C. (2010). Phobie scolaire: Comment aider les enfants et adolescents en mal d'école? Editionss J. Lyon.
Resources on Truancy and Dropout/Ressources sur le décrochage scolaire et l’école buissonière
- Sous la direction de Pierre-Yves Bernard et Thierry Berthet, numéro spécial de la revue Formation emploi consacré au « décrochage scolaire à l’aune des inégalités territoriales : nouvelles perspectives ? » (2018/4, n° 144). Articles tirés des résultats de recherche du programme TEDS (Territoires et décrochages scolaires).
- Joël Zaffran, « Les transitions scolaires de l’école primaire à la Segpa : le score ne fait pas tout », Jacques M.-H. (dir.), Les transitions scolaires. Paliers, orientations, parcours, Rennes, PUR, 2016, p. 353-360.
- Joël Zaffran, « La place des jeunes dans l’espace public : une approche par le temps », Gurnade M.-H. & Ait-Ali C. (coord.), 2016, Jeunesses sans parole, jeunesse en paroles, Paris, L’Harmattan, p. 41-48.
- Joël Zaffran, « Bouger pour grandir. Défection et mobilité des adolescents », Les Annales de la recherche urbaine, n°111, 2016, p. 68-77.
- Joël Zaffran, « Comment faire pour refaire ? Les décrocheurs scolaires qui raccrochent » (avec Juliette Vollet), Éducation & Formations, N° 90, 2016, avril, p. 113-128.
- Joël Zaffran, « Liberté, égalité, accessibilité », Zaffran J. (dir.), Accessibilité et Handicap. Anciennes pratiques, nouvel enjeu, Grenoble, PUG, 2015, p. 275-282.
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