Absenteeism

For students to be successful in school, they need to be in school. Missing just two days a month places students at significant increased risk of academic failure, social and behavioral difficulties in school, dropping out, and a host of other negative school and life effects. Absenteeism and truancy training provided through Safe & Civil Schools helps schools and districts:

• Increase student, family, and staff ability and motivation to get students to school each day and on time.
• Analyze multiple attendance measures to identify concerns and prioritize resources.
• Implement simple, practical strategies to create a positive environment where expectations for attendance are taught and acknowledged at a universal/schoolwide level.
• Provide effective intervention in a multi-tiered model, utilizing function-based approaches.
• Implement research-based interventions for individual students, small groups, and classes, as needed.

Safe & Civil Schools tailors training to meet the specific needs of your school or district. Some possible training options include:

• Universal prevention—when large numbers of students in your school are missing two or more days each month (10% or more of school), work to reduce the numbers of students who are at risk by focusing on Tier 1 prevention strategies.
• Function-based assessment and intervention for students who have not responded to universal prevention procedures. This training focuses on identification and intervention with Tier 2 and 3 supports.
• Combined training across multiple days in universal prevention and function-based intervention.