This brief by Safe Schools Healthy Students discusses definitions and extent of truancy, risk factors, past approaches, effective approaches, examples of innovative approaches, economic consequences of truancy, and examples of truancy reduction approaches from Safe Schools/Healthy Students sites.
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Truancy Prevention Efforts in School-Community Partnerships
Media Type: PDF
Keywords: dropoutprevention education intervention prevention truancy
Audience: Case Workers Clinicians Elders Families Federal Partners Front-Line Providers Juvenile Wellness Court Staff Prevention Programs Prevention Staff Truancy Prevention Staff Volunteers Youth Youth Probation
Issue Area: Truancy Prevention and Attendance