Three Levels of Antitruancy Strategies
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Prevention: A supportive school climate and culture that provides all students with academic challenge and success |
Early Intervention: Educational options to provide the best learning environment for students who are at risk of becoming truant |
Legal Intervention: Strategies to help habitual truants find academic success |
| Board policies School norms Signs Safe and healthful school environment |
Partnerships | Laws Suspension/expulsion options |
| Community norms Community partners |
Student study teams Student success teams School attendance review boards (SARBs) |
Parental involvement |
| Parental involvement Parents on campus Parent education programs Parent-teacher association (PTA) |
Parental involvement Outreach programs and home visits Truancy sweeps |
Community service Peer court |
| Extended learning opportunities Preschool and early childhood education and staff development Classroom management Effective teachers Service-learning Extra- and cocurricular activities After-school programs Alternative education |
School resource officers Counselors Peer helpers/advisors Adult mentors Tutors and study groups |
Citation Vehicle code -- traffic court, daytime curfew, juvenile court, Operation Stay in School, work experience, district attorney mediation |
| Rewards, incentives, and recognition | Mentoring/tutoring Educational options Independent study Work-study |
Alternative educational placements Court community schools Community service |
| Safe schools, safe passages, and positive school climates Conflict resolution, counseling and guidance, pupil empowerment Closed campus |
Peer helping Conflict management, counseling |
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| Integrated services initiatives Schools as family resource centers After-school learning and safe neighborhoods partnerships program 21st-century learning centers |
Alternative educational options Work-study In-house suspensions Compulsory Saturday school Continuation education Magnet schools Public home study (independent study) |
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| Comprehensive school health programs Tobacco, drug, and alcohol use prevention programs Health education Psychological and counseling services Physical education Nutrition services and education Teen pregnancy prevention |
School attendance review boards (SARBs) |
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Return to Day 5: Putting It All Together |
From:
Safe Schools and Violence Prevention Office. (2000). School attendance improvement handbook. Sacramento, CA: California Department of Education (p. 6).
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