Chronic absenteeism – students missing 10% or more of school – emerged as a serious challenge during the COVID-19 pandemic due to school closures and continues to persist today. This webinar will provide strategies and resources to prevent and address absenteeism, including:

• Defining a problem-solving process that will get to the root causes of absenteeism and lead to more precise and effective solutions

• Sharing solutions connected to absenteeism, such as:

  • A sense of safety

  • Belonging and connection

  • Purpose and motivation

  • Mental health/physical health

  • Peer influence

  • Family

• Providing a wealth of resources to support action planning to prevent and address chronic absenteeism.

Who Should Attend:

Administrators, Special Education Directors, School Counselors, Home-School Liaisons, Crisis Response Teams, and other school personnel.