Denmark

Denmark

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The menus below were updated in February 2022. If you have information to share with others in your country, please contact your country’s hosts: Johanne Jeppesen Lomholt  (johanhj@psy.au.dk) or Daniel Bach Johnsen (dj@konfront.io).  

Not for profit

  • The Danish Ministry of Education (Undervsiningsministeriet)
  • Center for the Psychological Treatment of Children and Adolescents (CEBU), a research center conducting research regarding psychological treatment for children and adolescents
  • Børns Vilkår. Since 1977, Børns Vilkår, has worked together with supporters and partners, for children's right to a safe childhood.
  • Fonden Drive, is a non-profit organization working with children and adolescents with school refusal. They work psychologically and pedagogically with the primary reason for students refusal and provide the necessary support for the students to return to a stable schooling.
  • Mikael Thastum is a Professor at the Institute of Psychology at Aarhus University. His research interests include development of psychological treatment for children and adolescents with various psychological problems, among them school attendance problems.
  • Johanne Jeppesen Lomholt is a Associate Professor at the Institute of Psychology at Aarhus University. Her research interests include well-being of children and adolescents, clinical psychological research, school attendance problems.
  • Jonas Yde Højgaard conducts research on how absence affects school, children and parents.


For profit

2021


2020


2019


2018

  • 2018 November: The Danish Ministry of Education announced a revision of the "absence proclamation"in the primary schools in Denmark.
  • 2018 November: The Danish Ministry of Education published a national report  of student absence in the country’s public schools in 2017/2018. 
  • 2018 October: The Danish Ministry of Education announced a proclamation for reducing school absence in Danish high schools.
  • 2018 October: Two conferences on school absenteeism: Elevfravær – strategier og indsatser. Dafolo.
  • 2018 May: School attendance conference.The municipality of Odense held a conference with a focus on cross-sectional collaboration to enhance stable school attendance. See this link for the program. 


2017

  • 2017 August: Start of the Back2School project, a new psychological intervention targeting school attendance problems (SAP) in Aarhus Municipality. Back2School was developed and is being tested by the Center for the Psychological Treatment of Children and Adolescents (CEBU). The effect of Back2School is being measured against treatment as usual in Aarhus Municipality. 
  • 2017 June: Back2School Pilot. A feasibility study of a psychological intervention called Back2School was conducted, and 22 families completed the intervention. The intervention significantly increased attendance, and reduced emotional problems.
  • 2017 May: Metodecenteret published a Danish literature review of problematic school absenteeism, risk factors, and interventions.


2016

  • 2016-2018: Come Back app. Bornholm municipality implemented an app, Come Back, in their schools. The goal was to reduce school absence among adolescents.
  • Report by the Nordic ERASMUS project: Problematic School Absenteeism- Improving Systems and Tools. 
  • Book: Lund, G. E. (2021). Fra Fravær Til Fællesskab. Hvad kan skolen gøre? Aarhus, Denmark: Aarhus Universitetsforlag.
  • Book: Nors, M. (2021). Forebyg Skolefravær. Frederikshavn, Denmark: Dafolo.
  • The Danish Ministry of Education (UVM) regularly update their webpage with news related to schools and education. Resources and statistics from public schools in all municipalities in Denmark are also available.
  • The National Board of Social Services (Socialstyrelsen). The Board aims at actively contributing to a knowledge based Social Policy, which furthers effective social initiatives for the benefit of citizens. The goal is to make social knowledge work. This work also includes work relating to school attendance.
  • Metodecenteret: Danish literature review of problematic school absenteeism, risk factors, and interventions.
  • Danish translated questionnaires used to assess issues related to school attendance problems are available via CEBU (Center for the Psychological Treatment of Children and Adolescents)
  • Book: Skolens fraværende børn: Årsager og indsatser [Children absent from school: Causes and actions] Andersen, M. J., Berthelsen, L., Fisker, T. B., Hansen, M. F., Hansen, H. R., Havik, T., …. & Thastum, M. (2019). Frederikshavn: Dafolo.