- California Youth Authority http://www.cya.ca.gov/. The
purpose of the CYA is to protect the public from crime by providing
training, education, and treatment for juvenile offenders, as well as
creating programs to prevent crime and delinquency.
- Education World, The Educator's Best friend.
http://www.education-World.com/.
Education World is a resource center for educators, where they can share
information, including problem-solving ideas and lesson plans. Keyword
search: truancy.
- Lucile Packard Children's Hospital.
http://www.lpch.org/index.html.
The Lucile Packard Children's Hospital is located in Palo Alto,
California and specializes in the health care of children and pregnant
women.
- Managing School Avoidance.
http://www.smhp.psych.ucla.edu/qf/schoolavoidance.htm.
This site includes information concerning causes of school avoidance,
along with prevention tips and way to help children currently avoiding
school.
- Manual to Combat Truancy
http://www.ed.gov/pubs/Truancy/index.html.
This site includes a critical review of the facts surrounding the issue
of truancy, along with possible solutions involving parents, teachers,
and community members.
- Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention.
http://www.ojjdp.ncjrs.org/. The OJJDP site was designed as a resource
center to connect those who wish to combat juvenile crime to information
about grants, conferences, publications, and programs within the domain
of juvenile justice.
- Santa Cruz County Office of Education.
http://www.santacruz.k12.ca.us/. The Santa Cruz County Office Of
Education provides guidance, resources and services to schools in order
to ensure a valuable educational experience for all students.
- School Attendance Review Boards
http://www.cde.ca.gov/spbranch/safety/resourceguides/sarb.asp.
The SARBs are composed of organizations interested in helping families
solve truancy and conduct problems through the use of resources present
in the schools and the community. This site contains a link to the SARB
handbook entitled, School Attendance Review Boards: Operations and
Resources.
- The National Pediculosis Association, Inc.
http://www.headlice.org/.
A resource center containing facts, photos, information on prevention
and treatment of head lice, as well as educational resources and free
downloads.
- Truancy Prevention.
http://business.clemson.edu/Cussp/Truancy.htm.
This site includes a comprehensive list of research articles and other
literature within the field of juvenile delinquency.
- Truancy Reduction Demonstration Program.
http://www.ncjrs.org/html/ojjdp/jjbul2001_9_1/page3.html.
A collaborative program set up by the Office of Juvenile Justice and
Delinquency Prevention, the U.S. Department of Education's Safe and
Drug-Free Schools Program, and the Executive Office for Weed and Seed
for effective truancy reduction.
- Youth Change. http://www.youthchange.com. A resource center
designed to help youth professionals solve problems that may be
interfering in a young person's development. Note: Access to this site
is limited to youth-professionals.
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