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1 results foundAuthor: MacGillivary, Heather Title: Truancy in Denver: Prevalence, Effects and Interventions Summary: Truancy is a gateway offense that generates the involvement of non-attenders in many service systems. Delinquent truants may become involved with the state juvenile or municipal court. Drug using truants may enter alcohol and drug abuse services. Truants with social emotional difficulties may require mental health or special education services. Neglected or ungovernable truants often end up on human service case loads. Pregnant truants are served by the public health system. Since so many sectors are affected by truancy, prevention and reduction activities must include a large cross section of agencies. Denver has a long history of collaboration between educators, judges and social services workers to tackle truancy. In the mid nineties, a city attorney from the Department of Human Services recognized that the families and children served by social services were involved in many different agencies. He brought together a committee to discuss a fictitious, multi-problem family. Through this case study, the committee recognized that school nonattendance was at the heart of the issues. This recognition initiated the Geraldine Thompson Family Project (GTFP) which consisted of numerous professionals who met monthly until 2004 to discuss how to prevent and reduce truancy in Denver by focusing on systems coordination and integration. A subcommittee of GTFP was formed in 1996 to explore programmatic options. This committee was aptly named, the Creative Options Committee (CO). This committee operated parallel to GTFP, with CO meeting in the evenings and GTFP meeting over the lunch hour. The membership of these committees was very diverse, including school staff, judges, magistrates, social service workers, city government representatives, and law enforcement. As a result of these discussions and the attention to the issue of truancy, funds were obtained from the City of Denver (Safe School and Healthy Student Initiative and Drug Free Schools) and the Denver school district for truancy intervention programs. In the late 1990’s, interventions focused on middle schools. Many of the middle schools had truancy officers, catch-up classrooms, and Student Attendance Review Boards (SARB). Unfortunately, budget cuts in early 2000 to 2003, eliminated many of these interventions and supports. In 2005, the GTFP essentially disbanded and the Creative Options Committee continued to meet. In spring 2004, the committee recognized that many ideas were suggested but very little data was available to inform action. For this reason a planning grant from the National Truancy Prevention Association (NTPA) and the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention (OJJDP) was pursued and secured. Creative Options partnered with The National Center for School Engagement (NCSE) to conduct this needs assessment. The findings from the 10-month study are described in this report. Details: Denver, CO: National Center for School Engagement, 2006. 76p. Source: Internet Resource: Accessed April 6, 2012 at: https://www.denvergov.org/Portals/713/documents/FinalReportCreativeOptions.pdf Year: 2006 Country: United States URL: http://www.schoolengagement.org/TruancypreventionRegistry/Admin/Resources/Resources/108.pdf Shelf Number: 124860 Keywords: EducationSchool DropoutsTruancy (Colorado) |