Effective truancy prevention and intervention

Looking only at published research with a solid scientific design, this briefing reviews evidence for the effectiveness of three types of truancy prevention programs: school- based, community-based, and law enforcement or court-based. It describes approaches that have been shown to work, those with insufficient evidence, and those shown not to work.

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