Restorative Practices
Andrea A. Joseph, Rebecca Hnilica, and Mary Hansen investigated factors that maintained discipline disparities in a school implementing restorative practices …
Reminder
Share your work on supporting young people through disruptions, via INSA’s collaboration with the journal Continuity in Education.
Developing Guidelines
Professionals with experience in school refusal are invited to share their opinions as part of a project to inform parenting …
Routines that welcome
McRel International share ideas for ‘Recovering from interrupted learning: Establishing routines that welcome students & families.‘
Review Article – positive family processes
33 studies were reviewed by Sallyanne Marlow & Neelofar Rehman, showing positive family processes influence school attendance.
Research – Family involvement
Holland Banse and colleagues examined family involvement, based on efforts to help children be prepared for school, tardiness, & absence. …
Free Resources – Questionnaires
Access questionnaires used to understand school attendance problems; available in several languages; more coming online.
New Research – Education professionals’ view on school refusal
Roisin Devenney & Catriona O’Toole report on education professionals’ views on school refusal, urging wider discussion on social justice.
Policy – root causes of chronic absenteeism
A paper in Educational Policy by Joshua Childs and Richard Lofton; they discuss the complex root causes of chronic absenteeism.
Policy Impact – Breakfast After the Bell
Jacob Kirksey and Michael Gottfried highlight the role ‘Breakfast After-the-Bell’ can have in addressing current policy about absenteeism.
