one model that seems to fit well with the findings of this paper is developed by maclver and maclver they suggest a strategy for dropout prevention that can be applied at all levels of the education system and which serves as a good example of a strategy that can be implemented even in a time of financial crisis the report presents a strategy that combines targeting easily measurable abcs of disengagement high absenteeism behavioural problems and course failure with comprehensive school reform and targeted interventions