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Truancy: Short and Long-term Solutions is a practical and accessible guide to dealing with the problem of truancy and non-attendance. It is the first book on the issue to actively focus on solutions to the problem, rather than the causes. Full of practical examples of the latest ways in which schools, teachers, education welfare officers and LEAs try to overcome their attendance difficulties. Ken Reid identifies nearly 120 short-term solutions as well as several long-term strategic approaches. The book also considers parental-condoned absenteeism, alternative curriculum schemes and mentoring, while the final chapter presents some strategic issues which policy-makers and politicians need to overcome. This book provides all teachers, deputy heads, head teachers, education welfare staff, social workers, learning mentors and other caring professionals with a repository of up-to-date ideas and solutions. It is essential reading for anyone involved in addressing the challenge of truancy.

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Dropouts --- School attendance --- United States. --- United States

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This book by practitioners, policy analysts, and young people, for practitioners, policy makers, and researchers, captures up-to-the-moment experience and as yet unresolved issues in a newly emerging field: dropout reengagement. Key elements in this field include reaching out to young people who have left school for a myriad of reasons, and providing individualized supports and services all the way through to successful re-enrollment. The development of coordinated citywide efforts to re-engage out-of-school youth on positive educational pathways -- in several dozen cities in recent years -- s.

High school dropouts --- High school enrollment --- School attendance --- United States.

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Managing School Absenteeism at Multiple Tiers provides an integrative strategy for preventing, assessing, and addressing cases of youth with school absenteeism at multiple levels of severity and complexity.

School attendance. --- Children with disabilities --- Absence from school --- Attendance, School --- Student attendance --- Truancy (Schools) --- School management and organization --- Education.

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This edited collection discusses the way legislation affects education and training and shows how the law can influence the level and degree of economic activity.

Educational law and legislation. --- Educational law and legislation --- Compulsory school attendance --- Education --- Education, Compulsory --- Education, Elementary --- Law, Educational --- Public schools --- School law --- Schools --- Public institutions --- Law and legislation