FWSN-advisorybd-repo.. - The Connecticut Juvenile Justice Alliance
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. Level 2 – Review academic<br />
progress of any child who has 5-8<br />
unexcused absences. 32<br />
i. Develop interventions for<br />
students experiencing academic<br />
delay.<br />
ii. Meet at least monthly to<br />
monitor interventions.<br />
c. Level 3 – Supplement the Team<br />
with representatives from<br />
community based service<br />
providers, entities and agencies, for<br />
the purpose of making appropriate<br />
referrals for students with 8-10<br />
unexcused absences. <strong>The</strong> Team<br />
itself will initiate referrals to<br />
services if necessary.<br />
i. If the child is under 9, file<br />
<strong>repo</strong>rt for educational neglect<br />
with DCF if parent does not<br />
follow the contract and the child<br />
continues to be truant. 33<br />
ii. Assign case managers/social<br />
workers to work briefly but<br />
intensely with families who are<br />
referred by the School Based<br />
Prevention Team to help the<br />
family access resources and<br />
navigate the educational and<br />
social service systems.<br />
32 CGS § 10-76d states that “ Provisions shall be made for the prompt referral to a planning and placement<br />
team of all children who have been suspended repeatedly or whose behavior, attendance or progress in<br />
school is considered unsatisfactory or at a marginal level of acceptance.<br />
33 Schools may make educational neglect <strong>repo</strong>rts pursuant to DCF policies 34-2-7 and 34-12-5.1 and CGS<br />
§§ 46b-120(9) (B) and (C).<br />
34 <strong>The</strong>se models could include the Truancy Court Prevention Project (TCPP), see<br />
http://www.kidscounsel.org/aboutus_programs_tcpp.htm ; “Changing the Judiciary's Relationship with a<br />
Community, One Child at a Time,” ABA Judges' Journal, Summer 2007. See also a list of other model<br />
truancy prevention programs chosen by the ABA Criminal <strong>Justice</strong> Section and its <strong>Juvenile</strong> <strong>Justice</strong><br />
Committee at http://www.abanet.org/crimjust/juvjus/truancypreventionprograms.doc.<br />
35 An example of a program that has shown promising results which relies on close monitoring of<br />
academic performance as well as mentoring and case management is Check & Connect. Evaluative data on<br />
the program is available at http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/pdf/WWC_check_Connect_092106.pdf.<br />
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