The Early Truancy Prevention Project

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Excessive Absenteeism by Primary School Students
• Interventions: Behavioral: Teacher led intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01894464
• Lead Sponsor: Duke University

Brief Summary

The Early Truancy Prevention Project is designed to prevent elementary school truancy through teacher-led interventions that are individualized to meet student needs.

Detailed Description

The Early Truancy Prevention Project is an innovative intervention program designed to prevent elementary school truancy and later school dropout. The intervention model emphasizes the important role of teachers as change agents to address early attendance problems and emerging truancy. Specifically, the goals of this pilot project are: 1) to facilitate positive, trusting, and collaborative home-school relations and to promote a positive teacher-child relationship; 2) to provide teachers with timely information about a student's attendance pattern; and 3) to train and supervise teachers in the implementation of individualized attendance interventions to improve student attendance and prevent emerging truancy among elementary school students. As this is a pilot study, another important goal is to obtain teacher and administrator feedback to improve and refine all aspects of the project.

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2013-06-27
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-07-03
• Study First Posted: 2013-07-10
• Study Start: 2013-08
• Primary Completion: 2014-07
• Study Completion: 2015-07
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-08

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 20

Inclusion Criteria

• all first and second grade teachers in 6 schools

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Exclusion Criteria

• none

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Teacher led intervention	Teacher led intervention	Teachers will conduct teacher-led interventions that are individualized for each student to prevent emerging truancy among elementary students.

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Percent of students who are truant	June, 2014	Truancy is defined as 10 days absent during the academic year (approximately 10 months: August, 2013-June, 2014).

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Average number of absences per classroom	June, 2014	Average number of absences per classroom during the academic year (approximately 10 months: August, 2013-June, 2014).

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Duke University; 🇺🇸 Durham, North Carolina, United States