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Learn about a community initiative that addresses factors affecting school attendance, including the social and economic landscape, community supports, and the role of parents, families, and schools. Discover strategies such as leadership, education, and the Welfare Act of 2000 that have proven effective in reducing absenteeism and supporting marginalized youth.
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Promoting School AttendanceA National example of working together Nuala Doherty NEWB November 2009
Factors affecting Attendance Social - Economic Landscape Community Supports School Parent / Family Child Young Person
A stubborn difficult phenomenon to reduce Young people still on margins of debate
What do we know works? Leadership
Role of Educational Welfare Officer • Skills : • negotiate • facilitate • mediate • find solutions • understand • Build agreement