2022 Wisconsin State Education Convention

Addressing Truancy in Time to Save Our Children (Room 102 D/E, WI Center)

Learn how a school community outreach worker tracks attendance to identify pre-truant children and offer those children and their families the help they need to bring the child back into the classroom. The presenters will explain how community outreach programs address truancy before it has a significant impact on children. Outreach workers are crucial, working proactively to overcome osbstacles and ease the stress on administrators attempting to ensure children don't fall through the cracks.