Resources

Connecticut Resources

• Bullying, Character Education and Positive School Climate, CSDE
• Connecticut Consortium on School Attendance, Office of Policy and Management
• Connecticut’s Medical Home Initiative
• Connecticut Welcoming Schools Initiative, Capitol Region Education Council
• EdSight, CSDE data portal
• Emergency Mobile Psychiatric Services (EMPS), Connecticut Department of Children and Families
• Ensuring Equity and Excellence for All Connecticut Students, Connecticut State Board of Education Five- year Comprehensive Plan, 2016-21
• Family and Community Engagement Resources, CSDE
• Family Resource Centers, CSDE
• Getting to School Matters for 3 & 4 Year Olds: How Public Schools Can Help, Office of Early Childhood
• Governor’s Prevention Partnership
• Healthy ConneCTions, CSDE
• KidsMentalHealthInfo.com, Child Health and Development Institute of Connecticut, Inc. (CHDI)
• Managing Asthma in Connecticut Schools
• Next Generation Accountability System, CSDE
• Public Act 15-225, An Act Concerning Chronic Absence
• Public School Information (PSIS) Reference Guide
• School Health Services, CSDE
• School-Based Diversion Initiative, Child Health Development Initiative (CHDI)
• School-based Health Centers; Connecticut Association of School Based Health Centers
• Scientific Research-Based Interventions (SRBI) Addressing the Needs of the Whole Child: Social, Emotional, Behavioral, and Physical Health, Topical Brief 3, CSDE
• Scientific Research-Based Interventions, CSDE
• Sexual Health Education Guidelines, CSDE
• Supports for Pregnant and Parenting Teens, CSDE
• System of Care Community Collaborative
• Trauma-Informed Initiatives, CHDI
• Truancy Prevention, Center for Children's Advocacy
• Youth Service Bureaus, Connecticut Youth Services Association

National Resources

• Attendance Works has developed a range of resources specific to grades served (i.e., elementary, middle, secondary) and aligned to five important strategies designed to improve attendance: recognizing good and improved attendance; engaging students and parents; monitoring attendance data and practice; providing personalized early outreach; and developing programmatic responses to barriers. A few examples include:
  • Bringing Attendance Home: Engaging Parents in Preventing Chronic Absence
  • Count Us In! Working Together to Show That Every School Day Matters
  • Early and Often: Early Education Toolkit
  • Leading Attendance: A Toolkit for Principals
  • Relationships Matter: A Toolkit for an Elementary Success Mentor Attendance Initiative
  • Teaching Attendance: Everyday Strategies to Help Teachers Improve Attendance and Raise Achievement
• Campaign for Grade-Level Reading
• Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC) for the 2013-14 School Year, United States Department of Education
• Every Student, Every Day: A National Initiative to Address and Eliminate Chronic Absenteeism, United States Departments of Education, Housing, Justice, and Health and Human Services
• Get Schooled
• Mayor’s Interagency Task Force on Truancy, Chronic Absenteeism & School Engagement, New York City
• Parent Teacher Home Visit Project
• Restorative Practices, International Institute for Restorative Practices
• School Attendance, Chronic Health Conditions and Leveraging Data for Improvement, National Association of Chronic Disease Directors
• School Climate, National School Climate Center
• School Nurses’ Role in Combating Chronic Absenteeism, National Association of School Nurses
• Success Mentors, United States Department of Education
• The National Mentoring Partnership
• Whole School, Whole Child Model, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

For More Information:

Resources, Strategies, and Best Practices

Kari Sullivan
Phone: 860-807-2041
E-mail: kari.sullivan@ct.gov

Data Collection and Reporting

Kendra Shakir
Phone: 860-713-6896
E-mail: Kendra.Shakir@ct.gov