Keynote Speaker
Dr Malin Gren Landell supports schools in promoting attendance. She is making waves in attendance policy & will speak at INSA's 2022 Conference. Early Bird registration until May 31.
FAIRER MEASURE OF ABSENCE
A new study on attendance and absenteeism, using a value-added framework to examine a school's impact on attendance.
SHARE YOUR WORK
Your work is the keystone to progress in school attendance and we’d like to share it with others throughout the world via INSA's 2022 Conference.
HELPING PARENTS HELP YOUTHS
In a new review article, Meena Chockalingam and colleagues reflect on the ways parents can be helped to support a child experiencing school refusal.
COMPASSIONATE ATTENDANCE SUPPORT
The website of 'Attendance Plus' offers principles for compassionate attendance support.
SPECIAL EDUCATION NEED & ABSENCE
A study of over 400,000 adolescents: higher absence among those with special education needs (highest for physical disability, then behavioural, emotional & social difficulties).
School Climate & Truancy
Tuomo Virtanen and colleagues studied links over time between school climate and truancy. Results point to school climate as an important target for tackling truancy.
Autism & Absenteeism
Johanna Melin and colleagues interviewed practitioners about treatment for autistic youths with attendance problems. Read about factors for positive outcome.
SHARE YOUR WORK
Contribute to INSA’s 2022 Conference. Share via a presentation, symposium, roundtable discussion, workshop, or the marketplace for practice & research.
Attendance Interventions
See the March 2022 report by the Education Endowment Foundation, a rapid evidence assessment of interventions.
