The Truancy Intervention Program is an intensive home, school, and community intervention program for truant and high-risk youth. This program is used to prevent further truancy, improve academic progress, improve and increase parent engagement and increase community involvement.

This is a Home Based Service.

• Target Population: All school age youth
• Referred by DCS or Juvenile Probation

Program Assessment:

• Identify reasons for youth’s truancy and barriers to regular school attendance
• Identify solutions and interventions to ensure school attendance, increase the youth’s involvement in school and the community
• Improve academic performance by interviewing the youth and parent assessing the family and child’s needs, strengths, weaknesses, and problem areas.
• Develop a comprehensive Treatment Plan to address the family and youth’s needs

Intervention:

• Provide face-to-face contact with the youth and/or family, implementing the treatment plan
• Encourage family and community involvement
• The Truancy Intervention Specialist will also serve as a mentor for the youth
• Meet with other involved adults:
  • School counselor or social worker
  • Youth’s teachers
  • Probation officer or DCS family case manager
• Provide individual therapy and/or family therapy as needed
• All youth will be drug screened at intake and randomly throughout the time in the program, with results being passed on to Probation, DCS, and parents
• Youth will earn incentives for participation and progress in program