Truancy prevention and intervention
Subtitle: a practical guide
By: Lynn Bye ... [et al.].
Series: Oxford workshop series; Oxford workshop series (School Social Work Association of America)
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Published: 2010
Place of publication: Oxford; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 141
ISBN-13: 9780195398496
Description: This practical guide covers best practices in truancy at the community, school, and student/family levels of interventions providing an essential everyday reference guide to research-based programs and truancy program implementation.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (125-136) and index.
Table of contents: title: Challenges tracking and reporting truancy; title: Federal and state legislation on truancy; title: Truancy: individual, school and family factors; title: Impact of truancy; title: Best practice in truancy prevention : tier 1 school-wide universal interventions; title: Best practice in truancy prevention/intervention : tier 2 and tier 3; title: Case example of the role of school social workers in a truancy reduction program : South Carolina truancy pilot.