Avoidance behaviors are common "tools" utilized by children who are experiencing problems in learning. Children will often exhibit these symptoms at home and at school to avoid loss of parental approval, peer humiliation or fear of failure.
Avoidance behaviors can be disruptive and challenging to manage, as well as tricky to overcome without the right tools and support.
True avoidance behaviors involve the complete avoidance of the feared social situation. For example, someone afraid of public speaking might: Drop a class in which he has to give a speech.
Other examples include: Selective forgetting, forgets to write down assignments day after day, takes hours to complete homework, finishes homework very quickly, can't seem to get started with homework.
Work avoidance goals refer to one’s desire to do as little work as possible or avoid schoolwork altogether. These goals result in less school engagement.
What are the possible reasons behind this behavior?
*Habit: This is what they have always done
*Fear: They are afraid of what will happen or how they will look to others.
*People with post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) or anxiety are especially likely to use avoidance to dodge triggers or potentially harmful environments.
*Anxiety: Just thinking about the situation causes nervous feelings within.
*Negative history: The student had a bad experience with that situation, activity or person, and they are not looking forward to having that experience again.
Task-avoidance behavior
