School Refusal & Re-Engagement
Rebuilding Confidence For a Return to Learning
We collaborate with school teams, families and students to identify factors impacting a student’s ability to engage in their learning and to create a data and evidence-based plan for re-engagement.
Our specialists partner with IEP teams, school-based professionals, community providers and families to support gradual re-engagement in the learning environment.
This Service May Be a Good Fit When
- The student is beginning to demonstrate a pattern of absenteeism (2+ days/month) that is having a negative impact
- The student has missed 10% or more school days within the last school year
- Truancy process has been tried without improvement
- Academic and/or social regression or limited progress on IEP goals due to absence
- Increased difficulty transitioning from home to the learning environment and/or community activities
- Limited engagement in learning when the student is at school
- District teams identify a need for expertise and/or resources around school re-engagement
What to Expect
Guidance and collaboration around school re-engagement supports that align with the needs of the student, family and school team and may include:
- Mentoring through each phase of the re-engagement process with participation in team meetings, including IEP meetings
- Resource sharing and/or tailored resource creation in the areas of data, intervention tools and systems implementation
- Direct support to students or families, when needed, with the goal of transferring support services to school staff
- Consultation with community providers (i.e. outside therapists, medical providers, etc.)
- Staff training to expand skills and understanding of assessment, intervention matching, and analysis of the behaviors impacting school engagement
- Teaming on the completion of school-based documents such as IEPs, FBAs, BIPs and evaluations
Our Approach
We support teams understanding and implementation of a systematic approach that facilitates students long-term engagement in learning.
What You Will Receive
- Clear, actionable recommendations tailored to the setting in which services are taking place
- Systems-level or program-level guidance around the gradual reintroduction to learning
- Data collection and intervention implementation tools
- Strategies to improve implementation fidelity, maintain progress, and prevent engagement regression
- Optional training, coaching and follow-up support for school teams, families and community providers
- Consultation with district lawyers as needed
Our goal is to increase student engagement in learning while building sustainable systems within educational teams to maintain engagement.