FRESH School Health and Nutrition (SHN) Webinar: Solutions to Understand and Respond to Barriers of Student Attendance and their Well-being – February 2020

Solutions to Understand and Respond to Barriers of Student Attendance and their Well-being

• What are the barriers to student attendance?
• What tools and methods can be used to monitor and measure student attendance in a meaningful way?
• What role can the school play in addressing key barriers to school attendance?
• What are the results of using non-traditional methods to monitor absenteeism?
• How can we engage health and child welfare systems to address some of these barriers to school attendance and well-being?

Speakers:

• Mohini Venkatesh, School Health & Nutrition, Advisor, Save the Children US
• Max Ritzenberg, Waliku Advisor, Save the Children US
• Kathryn Cooper, Education Advisor, Save the Children UK

Presentation Downloads:

1. The Importance of Being in School: A Report on Absenteeism in the Nation’s Public Schools
2. Chronic Absenteeism. NEA Research Brief. NBI No. 57
3. International Day of Education
4. Waliku Informational Briefer
5. www.waliku.org