Chronic absenteeism can lead to immediate and long-term problems such as low academic achievement, delinquency, substance abuse, and family dysfunction later in life. "Absenteeism and Truancy: Interventions and Universal Procedures" will help you implement schoolwide procedures to minimize absenteeism and truancy. This comprehensive…

Like its two predecessors, "Preventing School Dropouts" [C1991] and "Preventing School Failure" [C2000], this third edition is a book about teaching. Although primarily written for teachers, tutors and parents may also find this book helpful. It is a collection of carefully selected teaching techniques aimed at helping young adults learn important…

A series of considerations intended to improve the level of information transfer and dissemination in conferences and intercampus meetings are described. Included are suggestions for (1) setting agendas, (2) maximizing training effect, (3) taking best advantage of typical attendance patterns of participants, (4) presenting information for more…