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Tackling TruancyIt Takes a Community
306: Tackling Truancy: It Takes a CommunityThe Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
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WebEx Instructions:
• All participants will be muted except during question and answer slides
• Use chat feature to share ideas and questions with the presenters
• Contact 717-795-9048 for technical difficulties
• Complete evaluation
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Presenters
County Representatives
• David Clark• Thomas Linko
• Damon Neal
School Representatives
• Kristen Antoline-Jury
• Jacqueline Bishop
• Rick Eagle• Barbara Martz
Moderator – Andrea Richardson
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This 2-hour webinar highlights Beaver County’s Truancy Intervention Program from the perspective of county agencies and school districts. Presenters will offer an overview of Beaver County’s Truancy
Elimination Program as it exists currently, as well as the history of the program and
how it has evolved.
PURPOSE
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LEARNING OBJECTIVES:
Participants will be able to:
• Describe the components of Beaver County’s Truancy Intervention Program;
• Identify approaches found to be successful during the development of Beaver County’s Truancy Intervention Program; and
• Identify some of the challenges and barriers to the creation of a successful truancy intervention program.
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AGENDA:
Welcome and Introductions
Beaver County’s Truancy Intervention Program
Evolution of Beaver County’s Truancy Intervention Program
Questions and Answers
Wrap-up and Evaluations
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Beaver County’s Truancy Intervention Program• County Structure• Target Population• Countywide Uniform Protocol• School Meetings• Attendance at Court Hearings• Truancy Classes• Tracking/Monitoring• Community Engagement/Partnerships• Funding
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Program Evolution
• Reactive Proactive
• Successes• Challenges
Pennsylvania Truancy Toolkit www.patruancytoolkit.info Report to the Pennsylvania State Roundtable (May 2012)
www.ocfcpacourts.us/assets/files/page-382/file-1112.pdf
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Words of Wisdom
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QUESTIONS:
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Outstanding Questions and Comments
• Beaver County Truancy Intervention Program [email protected]
• Pennsylvania Family Engagement Practice Discussion Board http://www.ilp.pitt.edu/FGDM_Board/login.asp?target=default.asp
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For additional information orresources, please contact
Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center
www.pacwrc.pitt.edu717-795-9048
www.independentlivingpa.org Families and Communities United
www.fcu.pitt.edu