<p>Students can succeed in school--but they must be <em>in</em> school to do so. <p>Addressing absenteeism is as important as addressing problematic behavior and academic difficulties in the classroom. To address the pervasive issue of chronic absenteeism--that is, missing 10 percent of school days for <em>any</em> reason--educators must begin to move away from a model of reliance on reactive and punitive approaches and toward one that is preventive and positive, and that uses proven principles of behavioral change.<p> <em>Teacher's Guide to Tackling Attendance Challenges, </em> by nationally known educators Jessica Sprick and Tricia Berg, provides teachers with the information and resources they need to build a strong classroom-based initiative to improve the attendance of all students, creating a classroom culture of attendance with easy-to-implement strategies. <p>Sprick and Berg provide concrete and practical strategies for teachers to implement in their own classrooms to address chronic absence and improve the attendance of all students, including: <ul><li>A framework for implementation <li>Sample lesson plans <li>Examples and reproducibles for reinforcement systems <li>Talking points for use with students and families <li>Real-world examples of successful classroom-based approaches <li>Handouts for parents on establishing routines, dealing with technology and more</ul> <p>When teachers apply the easy-to-implement and minimally invasive presented, they will see significant improvements in student attendance. <p><em>This book is a copublication of ASCD and Ancora Publishing.</em>