Compulsory School Attendance and Child Welfare: Broward County, Florida.

Eighmie, Dorland

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Publication Date: 1973

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Compulsory School Attendance and Child Welfare: Broward County, Florida

Eighmie, Dorland

Journal of the International Association of Pupil Personnel Workers, 17, 4, 181-183, Sep 73

The primary areas in which Broward County, Florida visiting teachers (one for about 6000 children) serve the schools are student welfare and attendance. Student welfare problems usually fall into one or more of these categories; financial, emotional, scholastic, health. Student attendance problems fall into two categories: truancy and non-attendance. About 200 cases are referred to court each year. (EK)

Descriptors: Attendance, Child Welfare, Compulsory Education, Courts, Delinquency, Juvenile Courts, School Social Workers, Truancy, Youth Agencies, Youth Problems

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Identifiers - Location: Florida

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