Truancy

See Also:
Sites:

http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/altogether/thomas_danby/truancy.shtml
BBC Leeds: Truancy Open in a new browser window
   Includes a film in which Emma Coleman, a seventeen year old, tells her true story.
   http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/altogether/thomas_danby/truancy.shtml
http://www.bullyonline.org/schoolbully/truancy.htm
Bully OnLine: School Truancy Open in a new browser window
   Considers truancy as an outcome of bullying at school. Includes links to statistics and excerpts from news reports.
   http://www.bullyonline.org/schoolbully/truancy.htm
http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/F/family/problems_pressures/truancy.html
Channel 4: Truancy Open in a new browser window
   Information about why young people might want to miss school and the consequences of truancy.
   http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/F/family/problems_pressures/truancy.html
http://www.childrens-express.org/dynamic/public/junior_jury_truancy_050702.htm
Junior Jury: Truancy Open in a new browser window
   An article in which teenagers from the North of England give their opinions on truancy.
   http://www.childrens-express.org/dynamic/public/junior_jury_truancy_050702.htm
http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/truancy/
King County: Truancy Talk Open in a new browser window
   Resources by the Prosecuting Attorney including information about legal issues and reasons to stay in school.
   http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/truancy/
http://www.scusd.edu/child_welfare/truancy.htm
Sacramento City Unified School District: Truancy Open in a new browser window
   Provides an overview of the consequences of missing school.
   http://www.scusd.edu/child_welfare/truancy.htm
http://www.youngminds.org.uk/education/y0.php
YoungMinds: Education Open in a new browser window
   Discusses the problems that a teenager might face at school and suggests ways of facing these difficulties and avoiding truancy.
   http://www.youngminds.org.uk/education/y0.php
http://www.youthinformation.com/infopage.asp?snID=462
Youth Information: Playing Truant Open in a new browser window
   An article written for teenagers about the causes and effects of truancy. Includes information about the New Start initiative.
   http://www.youthinformation.com/infopage.asp?snID=462

Last Updated: 2004-11-21 14:10:59