His parents worked with teachers and then with an education welfare officer to get him to return to school. Everything failed.
Then Sam was lucky enough to be allocated a youth worker by the local education authority.
As Sam's mother explains: "The youth worker and teachers put together a detailed reintegration programme. The youth worker came twice a week and would walk with Sam towards school, a little bit farther each day."
As Sam recovered his confidence, he was able to sit in class with the youth worker beside him. Gradually, he became "one of the boys" again and no longer needed to be accompanied.
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