School Attendance | Chronic Absenteeism
Your child doesn't want to go to school today. What's the harm in letting him stay home? Possibly a lot. Learn about the problem of chronic absenteeism, and how a few little school absences...
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I think some of the most important, cutting-edge research that's been released recently is really understanding the magnitude of how much school kids are missing, particularly kids both with learning and attention challenges, and kids more broadly. People feel that if a kid is missing just a couple days a month that's OK, especially if they're struggling, if they're having some conflict at school. Their son or daughter comes to them and says, "I really don't want to go to school today. It's going to be very stressful. I'm going to be asked to do something that's going to embarrass me. I just need to take the day off." And that's a very tough place for a parent to be. On occasion, once or twice a year, that ...
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I think some of the most important, cutting-edge research that's been released recently is really understanding the magnitude of how much school kids are missing, particularly kids both with learning and attention challenges, and kids more broadly. People feel that if a kid is missing just a couple days a month that's OK, especially if they're struggling, if they're having some conflict at school. Their son or daughter comes to them and says, "I really don't want to go to school today. It's going to be very stressful. I'm going to be asked to do something that's going to embarrass me. I just need to take the day off." And that's a very tough place for a parent to be. On occasion, once or twice a year, that ...
