Are you the parent of a high school student with concerns about your teen regularly attending school?

This workshop, presented by the University Center for the Child and Family (UCCF) at the Mary A. Rackham Institute, will is to support families of high school students around promoting school attendance. This workshop will include psychoeducation on common causes and consequences of high school student absenteeism as well as teenage developmental processes.

This workshop will also provide strategies for positive parent-teen communication and establishing daily routines to make it easier for teens to regularly attend school. Strategies for supporting parents’ own self-care will also be addressed, along with tips for communication with schools around attendance, and knowing when it is time to seek professional help.