School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Dropout and Attendance Problems

The School Practitioner's Concise Companion to Preventing Dropout and Attendance Problems make the rich material on this subject from the School Services Sourcebook available to an audience seeking short, focused, and affordable resources.

The chapters retain the reader-friendly format and uniform sections familiar from the Sourcebook('Getting Started,' 'What We Know,' 'What We Can Do,' 'Tools and Practice Examples,' 'Key Points to Remember,' and 'Resources'), but are amplified by a small-format layout designed to visually appeal to busy practitioners facing competing demands on their time.

Cynthia Franklin is Professor and Stiernbert/Spencer Family Professor in Mental Health at The University of Texas at Austin School of Social Work, where she is Coordinator of the clinical concentration. Dr. Franklin is an internationally known leader in school social work and school mental health practice and has published widely on topics such as dropout prevention, clinical assessment, the effectiveness of solution-focused therapy in school settings, and adolescent pregnancy prevention. Mary Beth Harris is both a social work educator and an experienced social work clinician. She began her social work career working with adolescent girls in group homes and at an alternative school for pregnant and parenting students. Subsequently, she was a family therapist and clinical program director on the U.S.-Mexico border for over 20 years before entering social work education.