Prevention of Truancy

Prevention of Truancy

Often when we get to this issue, we start to wonder about the consequences of it (students) or how to deal with the aftermath of it (parents) however we never stop to ask ourselves two of the biggest questions related to truancy: Why is happening? And how we can prevent it?

In a recent study about Truancy the author concluded that “schools need to address the question of why pupils want to leave in the first place" (Tobin, 2009) which was highlighted as a solution, and it represents one because if we know what makes students desire to avoid going to school we can tackled the problem in a more productive way giving strategies and solutions that can actually make a difference.

Yet there is another approach we can always take to prevent truancy: “Experts agree that the #1 way to reduce truancy is to attach families to the schools and the community to work together to understand the importance of education.” (Kristi, 2016) With this approach the aim is to emphasize why education matters, yet usually we fail to demonstrate it to our students.

The best way to address truancy is a combination of both. 

Neira, E. (2017)

(Tobin, 2009)

Source

Kristi. (26/October/2016). How To Prevent Truancy. Retrieved:  05 /June/2017, From: https://soapboxie.com/social-issues/How-To-Prevent-Truancy

Tobin, L. (03/November/2009). How to solve the problem of truancy?   Retrieved: 05/June/2017, From: https://www.theguardian.com/education/2009/nov/03/bunking-off-school-pupils-truancy

Comcast Creative (2016) Truancy Prevention Program Available: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gAafM60-LPc&feature=youtu.be Recovered: June 10th, 2017