Truancy Reduction

Truancy Reduction


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Chronically truant students (i.e., those who miss 18 or more days of school per year), suffer extensive consequences. Reducing truancy can improve academic success, decrease dropout rates, and improve student engagement.

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Outside Resources

National Center for School Engagement

The National Center for School Engagement provides numerous resources schools can use in reducing truancy.

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Tackling Truancy

This infographic addresses impacts, root causes, and common responses to truancy, as well as what works in addressing truancy.

Tackling Truancy

Evidence-Based Practices for School Refusal and Truancy

This book discusses strategies and interventions for school refusal and truancy at the universal, targeted, and intensive levels.

Evidence-Based Practices for School Refusal and Truancy