“…The analysed literature also highlighted the importance of collaborating with parents, which involved sharing approaches between school and home, developing parent/ carer understanding and encouraging parents to gently push CYP with SM outside of their comfort zone (Conn and Coyne, 2014;Elizalde-Utnick, 2007;Hahn, 2008;Lawrence, 2018;Mayworm et al, 2015;Williams, 2017). It has long been known that parents of CYP with SM frequently experience symptoms of anxiety, including social anxiety, themselves; this may be one reason why parents can sometimes inadvertently reinforce SM (Johnson and Wintgens, 2016;Kristensen and Torgersen, 2001), or why some school professions find parental collaboration to be challenging (e.g., White et al, 2022). Educational settings, therefore, have a role in facilitating this relationship, and supporting these parents and carers to implement evidence-based approaches delivered in school within wider contexts.…”