Document Type
Article
Publication Date
10-16-2019
Publication Title
Frontiers in Psychology
Publisher
Frontiers Media
Volume
10
First page number:
1
Last page number:
16
Abstract
School attendance is an important foundational competency for children and adolescents, and school absenteeism has been linked to myriad short- and long-term negative consequences, even into adulthood. Many efforts have been made to conceptualize and address this population across various categories and dimensions of functioning and across multiple disciplines, resulting in both a rich literature base and a splintered view regarding this population. This article (Part 1 of 2) reviews and critiques key categorical and dimensional approaches to conceptualizing school attendance and school absenteeism, with an eye toward reconciling these approaches (Part 2 of 2) to develop a roadmap for preventative and intervention strategies, early warning systems and nimble response, global policy review, dissemination and implementation, and adaptations to future changes in education and technology. This article sets the stage for a discussion of a multidimensional, multi-tiered system of supports pyramid model as a heuristic framework for conceptualizing the manifold aspects of school attendance and school absenteeism.
Keywords
School attendance; School absenteeism; Truancy; School refusal; School withdrawal; School exclusion; Multi-tiered system of supports; Response to intervention
Disciplines
Educational Psychology
File Format
File Size
1.009 KB
Language
English
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Repository Citation
Kearney, C. A.,
Gonzalvez, C.,
Graczyk, P. A.,
Fornander, M. J.
(2019).
Reconciling Contemporary Approaches to School Attendance and School Absenteeism: Toward Promotion and Nimble Response, Global Policy Review and Implementation, and Future Adaptability (Part 1).
Frontiers in Psychology, 10
1-16.
Frontiers Media.
http://dx.doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.02222