Preventions

Truancy Prevention and Intervention Programs 

All programs have a short-term goal of improving attendance in the short run; many have longer-term goals of raising grades and improving graduation rates. Given the multiple factors that can lie at the root of truancy, prevention and intervention programs need to integrate both school and community resources to best address these factors. According to Baker, Sigmon, and Nugent (2001), programs that show the most promise in reducing truancy and other risk factors have several key elements:

Parental involvement

• Meaningful sanctions or consequences for truancy
• Meaningful incentives for attendance
• Ongoing school-based truancy-reduction programs
• Involvement of community resources
• Truancy-prevention programs are designed to promote regular school attendance through one or more strategies, including the following:
• Court alternatives
• Mentoring programs
• Law enforcement participation
• Increasing parental involvement
• Truancy awareness campaigns

Other strategies, such as improving parent–teacher communication and drawing on community resources.

Sourse:

http://www.ojjdp.gov/mpg/litreviews/Truancy_Prevention.pdf