LEAD & MANAGE MY SCHOOL
Truancy: A Serious Problem for Students, Schools, and Society

This event is designed to enhance your understanding of truancy and provide you with the information you need to promote school attendance among students in your communities.


Table of Contents

1.  Introduction
2.  Getting Started
3.  Day 1: The Varied Causes and Consequences of Truancy
4.  Day 2: Prevention: The Importance of School Connectedness
5.  Day 3: Early Intervention: Addressing Emerging Truancy Problems
6.  Day 4: Legal Intervention: Tackling Some of the Hardest Cases
7.  Day 5: Putting It All Together
8.  Discussion Summary
9.  Resources & Links
 
Different Dimensions of Truancy
Barriers to School Attendance
Truancy and Delinquency
Truancy and School Dropout
Risk Factors for Problem Behaviors Among Youth
Protective Factors Against Problem Behaviors Among Youth
Collaborating with Partners to Address Truancy Problems
Fact Sheet: Truancy Rates and Related Problems
10 Things a School Can Do To Improve Attendance
Wingspread Declaration on Student Connections to School
Social Development Strategy
Sample Community Service Radio Announcement
Granite School District's Attendance Program
Promoting Parent and Community Involvement
Independence Public Schools Truancy Sweep Initiative
Key Features of the Check and Connect Model
Targeting Truancy Interventions to Minority Youth
Elements of Successful Alternative Schools
Creating a Truancy Diversion Team: The Louisville Experience
Steps for Establishing a Community Truancy Board
Three Levels of Antitruancy Strategies
Assessing Truancy Problems in Your Area
Links to Additional Resources

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Last Modified: 02/20/2008