Educator Wellness Podcast · Scanlan Center for School Mental Health, University of Iowa
The Attendance Crisis: Tackling School Avoidance, Together
·40 min·3 clips
Developmental processes cause 70% of school attendance problems, not just COVID or curriculum issues.
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School attendance is framed as a layered problem that calls for shared responsibility, not blame.
School attendance is treated as a layered problem, not a simple one. The discussion points to developmental factors, school climate, and outside pressures such as poverty or homelessness, while also keeping identity, attachment, peer language, social cues, and parental…
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