Top Myths of School Avoidance (Part 1)

• September 5th, 2019
• Special Education, Student

In Part 1 of our discussion on school avoidance, Sloan Simmons talks with Jennifer Baldassari and Susan Bishop about the challenges districts face in school avoidance issues from both a legal and practical perspective, highlighting the top myths associated with school avoidance along the way.

Show Notes & References

6:46 Lucia Mar Unified School District v. Student (2017) OAH Case No. 2017020299

11:31 Family systems vs. family issues

14:29 Child Find

15:25 IDEA (Individuals with Disabilities Education and Improvement Act)

18:54 Common Sense Media's Digital Citizenship Curriculum

20:29 Navigating SEL From the Inside Out- Harvard Graduate School of Education (March 2017)

25:28 Parent v. Berkeley Unified School District (Sept. 13, 2018) OAH Case No. 2018030517

28:19 SARB (School Attendance Review Board)

30:00 Truancy vs. being a truant vs. chronic absenteeism (Ed. Code 48260.5 and 60901; 5 CCR 420 and 421.)

32:29 Anxiety and Depression Association of America resources

Listen to Part 2 here.

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