Literature on truancy shows strong relationship between school attendance problems and eventual withdrawal from school. On the basis of the assumption that the truant youth is a "potential dropout" and in view of limited literature on truants alone, truants and dropouts are considered to have similar attributes in this review. (Author)

Examines the nature and extent of the public school attendance problems in California through studying actual school attendance counts made during the fall of 1979. Principal reasons for student absenteeism are also examined. (Author)

Investigates the enforcement of the compulsory attendance law by taking court action against parents of chronic absentees in extreme cases. Results indicate this type of enforcement can improve attendance for some students. (Author/HMV)

The data from this attendance survey were used to design a model for improvement of student attendance. The crisis-intervention model with its planned sequential events provides the school with a mode of treatment to cope with these diversified crises. (Author)

Presents statistics on 1,552 students whose absenteeism was considered chronic by attendance teachers and indicates the degree of success achieved by attendance officers through efforts aimed at improving student attendance. Tables indicate percentage of absence before attendance officer contact, percentage of increase after contact, days salvaged…

Summarizes workshop discussions on adolescent prejudice; making the most of the media in improving school attendance; services available to children--treatment centers; truancy in Ontario; and discipline. Presented at the 64th annual conference of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, St. Louis, Missouri, 1978. (Author/LPG)

It is the purpose of this article to show how labeling analysis can be applied to nonattendance at school. The author's research indicates that chronic truancy is a designation made by educational institutions. (Author)

Describes five years of experience in classes designed to improve attendance and curtail truancy. The program is focused on helping maladjusted children in a big city through the interdepartmental coordination of various divisions of the school system, involving interdisciplinary cooperation and structured on the pupil personnel services concept.…

The primary areas in which Broward County, Florida visiting teachers (one for about 6000 children) serve the schools are student welfare and attendance. Student welfare problems usually fall into one or more of these categories; financial, emotional, scholastic, health. Student attendance problems fall into two categories: truancy and…

Students at two inner city elementary schools who were consistently truant were divided into six groups according to the reasons they were absent. The school social worker describes techniques used to combat truancy in each category. (HMV)

Data drawn from home visits with 67 families with multiple problems whose children were not attending school regularly. Provides a model for the use of a referral specialist as part of school attendance staff. Results show positive gains in school attendance and in redirection of these disorganized families. (DOW)

There is a consensus among Pupil Personnel Workers that a problem exists in the area of enforcement of attendance within a small minority of pupils in the school systems of Maryland. Discusses recommendations for improving public school attendance. (Author)

This paper presents a review of the available data on the extent of truancy and the factors associated with and contributory to truancy. It suggests that pupil personnel workers begin to adopt more strategies of the change agent and a more active examination of the total life space and relationships of students. (Author)

In Ontario the truant officer has been replaced by the Attendance Counselor who works with students, parents, the educational system, and the community. Truancy is a symptom of many social and psychological problems--economic deprivation, social and family problems, emotional disturbance, etc. The Attendance Counselor must refer those students…

Because a large number of nonattending students had been retained in the first three grades, a nongraded or pass-fail system in early elementary grades was recommended to reduce the negative impact of failure on student performance. Incentives for attendance were also suggested. (JMF)