In Part 1 of our discussion on school avoidance, Sloan Simmons talks with Jennifer Baldassari and Susan Bishop about the challenges districts face in school avoidance issues from both a legal and practical perspective, highlighting the top myths associated with school avoidance along the way.

Show Notes & References

6:46  Lucia Mar Unified School District v. Student (2017) OAH Case No. 2017020299
11:31  Family systems vs. family issues
14:29  Child Find
15:25  IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education and Improvement Act)
18:54  Common Sense Media’s Digital Citizenship Curriculum
20:29  Navigating SEL From the Inside Out - Harvard Graduate School of Education (March 2017)
25:28  Parent v. Berkeley Unified School District (Sept. 13, 2018) OAH Case No. 2018030517
28:19  SARB (School Attendance Review Board)
30:00  Truancy vs. being a truant vs. chronic absenteeism (Ed. Code 48260.5 and 60901; 5 CCR 420 and 421.)
32:29  Anxiety and Depression Association of America resources

 

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