A 7-year-old boy is referred to a pediatric behavioral health clinic after the school raised a behaviour concern. The staff believe he is doing it deliberately for attention, and he has twice been kept in at break as a consequence. His parents arrive exhausted and defensive — his mother has started washing his uniform at lunchtime — and he sits through the whole appointment with his coat on, refusing to look up.
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