Terms: truancy
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• Principal > School Improvement > School Improvement
• Main > Involving Family > School
• Counselor > Alcohol and Other Drugs > Alcohol and Other Drugs
• Counselor > Psychology > Psychology
• Teacher > Classroom Related > Classroom Related
• Main > Involving Family > Behavior Problems
• Counselor > Violence and Crime > Safe Schools
• Counselor > Violence and Crime > Juvenile Justice

Specific Results

1. Manual to Combat Truancy (U.S. Department of Education)
   "Truancy is the first sign of trouble; the first indicator that a young person is giving up and losing his or her way. When young people start skipping school, they are telling their parents, school officials and the community at large that they are in trouble and need our help if they are to keep moving forward in life." 10-09

2. Manual to Combat Truancy

3. Strategies for School Safety (U.S. Department of Education)
   Provides a report from 1998 on how to make schools safer. Discusses The Nature and Scope of School Violence, including A National Perspective, Public School Policies and Practices Related to School Safety, and A State and Local Perspective. A second chapter on What Communities Can Do Through Collaboration includes What Communities Can Do, What Schools Can Do, What Students Can Do, What Parents Can Do, What Police and Juvenile Justice Authorities Can Do, What Businesses Can Do, and What Elected Officials and Government Agencies Can Do. A third chapter presents Model Programs related to problems of Aggression and Fighting, Bullying, Family Issues, Gangs, Racial and Other Bias-Related Conflict, Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence, Substance Abuse, Truancy and Dropouts, Vandalism, and Weapons. 7-01