School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Dropout and Attendance Problems

<em>The School Practitioner's Concise Companions</em> give busy social workers psychologists and counselors a quick guide to accessible proven solutions for their students most common problems. Built around the expert advice from the acclaimed School Services Sourcebook each volume is a rapid reference to a key school issue. <p/>Here readers will find an overview of the factors that put students at risk for missing school and dropping out. This <em>Concise Companion</em> presents innovative effective strategies to improve school attendance and engage underserved student populations such as those who are pregnant or in foster care. <p/>Each chapter is filled with charts checklists and cases and is conveniently organized around What We Know What We Can Do Tools and Practice Examples and Key Points to Remember. A portable catalog of best practices it brings evidence-based practice within easy reach of school professionals.<br>