A FOCUS ON 2022
INSA and its Executive Team wish you well for 2022. Let us know how we can best support you in your work this year.
FROM TURKEY
A study of social media use, gaming, and loneliness, among youths with a school attendance problem.
EDUCATION IN LOCKDOWN
A qualitative study of home-schooling, adaptation to an online education environment, and the challenges for families and schools.
LONGITUDINAL STUDY
A study of academic achievement according to reasons for absenteeism, with implications for tailoring absenteeism interventions to improve achievement.
FROM SOUTH AFRICA
Alcohol and drug use as factors for absenteeism among adolescents. Absenteeism may also occur when youths do not have a specific role in a 'school peer education programme'.
FROM CHINA
A new study of youths' voices, helping us understand why adolescents refuse to go to school and what they want to express through this.
SCHOOL EXCLUSION
An exploration of the ways youths experience school exclusion. Rick Murphy's article offes recommendations for professionals in educational settings.
FROM THE NETHERLANDS
A Dutch team gathered views of professionals, youths, and parents about intervention for school refusal, yielding 14 signposts for developing and delivering intervention.
FROM MALAYSIA
A study of truancy among ethnic minority groups. The authors note that effective policy to reduce truancy needs understanding of the factors affecting truancy.
SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
A US team reviewed characteristics of youths who experience truancy; they suggest policies & practices contribute to the school-to-prison-pipeline for black & Latinx youths.
