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Tackling Truancy. It Takes a Community. 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 . Presenters.
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Tackling Truancy It Takes a Community
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
Presenters Moderator – Andrea Richardson County Representatives School Representatives Kristen Antoline-Jury Jacqueline Bishop Rick Eagle Barbara Martz • David Clark • Thomas Linko • Damon Neal
PURPOSE 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.
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.
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
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
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
Outstanding Questions and Comments • Beaver County Truancy Intervention Program tip@bccys.org • Pennsylvania Family Engagement Practice Discussion Board http://www.ilp.pitt.edu/FGDM_Board/login.asp?target=default.asp
For additional information orresources, please contact Pennsylvania Child Welfare Resource Center www.pacwrc.pitt.edu 717-795-9048 www.independentlivingpa.org Families and Communities United www.fcu.pitt.edu