Communication to Families

• How to set up school messenger daily to inform families of student absences  coming soon
• Positive Postcard Templates (please make a copy to personalize)
• Nudge Letter Guidance and Templates
• Attendance Phone Calls
  • Scripts
  • How to talk with Families about Attendance considerations (from Washington Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction)

Family Meeting Sample Agenda

• Exemplar

Attendance Success Plans

• Attendance Success Plan Sample (DPS)
• Attendance Success Plan Samples (from Attendance Works)

Tier 2 Interventions (Relationships and Connections)

• School Connectedness Information and Resources (slide deck)
• 2x10 (page 2)
• Conversation Notebook
• Getting to know the student: Student Survey on Causes
• Getting to know the student: Empathy Interview

DPS Resources to Support Families

• Transportation questions
• Family And Community Engagement: FACE
• Parent Teacher Home Visit program
• Mental Health Supports
• Medical/Nursing Supports
• Homeless Education Network: HEN
• Supports for youth in Foster/Kinship Care
• DPS Resources: Additional Information

Community Resources to Support Families

• School Avoidance & Refusal Resources (School Avoidance Alliance)
• Attendance Works Family Handout on Anxiety