Truancy (Teen Life)

Truancy Sites:

BBC Leeds: Truancy BBC Leeds: Truancy: Includes a film in which Emma Coleman, a seventeen year old, tells her true story. (Truancy) http://www.bbc.co.uk/leeds/altogether/thomas_danby/truancy.shtml Youth Information: Playing Truant Youth Information: Playing Truant: An article written for teenagers about the causes and effects of truancy. Includes information about the New Start initiative. (Truancy) http://www.youthinformation.com/infopage.asp?snID=462 Bully OnLine: School Truancy Bully OnLine: School Truancy: Considers truancy as an outcome of bullying at school. Includes links to statistics and excerpts from news reports. (Truancy) http://www.bullyonline.org/schoolbully/truancy.htm King County: Truancy Talk King County: Truancy Talk: Resources by the Prosecuting Attorney including information about legal issues and reasons to stay in school. (Truancy) http://www.metrokc.gov/proatty/truancy/ YoungMinds: Education YoungMinds: Education: Discusses the problems that a teenager might face at school and suggests ways of facing these difficulties and avoiding truancy. (Truancy) http://www.youngminds.org.uk/education/y0.php Sacramento City Unified School District: Truancy Sacramento City Unified School District: Truancy: Provides an overview of the consequences of missing school. (Truancy) http://www.scusd.edu/child_welfare/truancy.htm Channel 4: Truancy Channel 4: Truancy: Information about why young people might want to miss school and the consequences of truancy. (Truancy) http://www.channel4.com/health/microsites/F/family/problems_pressures/truancy.html Junior Jury: Truancy Junior Jury: Truancy: An article in which teenagers from the North of England give their opinions on truancy. (Truancy) http://www.childrens-express.org/dynamic/public/junior_jury_truancy_050702.htm