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:

1. A sense of safety
2. Belonging and connection
3. Purpose and motivation
4. Mental health/physical health
5. Peer influence
6. Family
7. 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.