Fostering school attendance for students in Out-of-Home Care

这个项目的目的是调查为什么在澳大利亚的儿童和青少年在家庭外护理缺勤远远超过同龄人。该项目希望对儿童缺勤的原因产生新的认识，并通过以下方式制定提高出勤率的解决方案：儿童自己的声音；详细的缺勤数据；政策审计;以及有前景的实践案例研究。预期的结果包括对缺勤的全面概念化，包括由学校或护理环境引发的缺勤；以及一个以证据为依据、以儿童为中心的框架，以提高出勤率，从而改善教育成果。这将为受照料的儿童和社区带来重大的社会和经济利益。

This project aims to investigate why children and young people in Out-Of-Home-Care in Australia are absent from school far more than their peers. The project expects to generate new knowledge about the reasons for their absences and to develop solutions to improve attendance through: children’s own voices; detailed absence data; policy audit; and case studies of promising practice. Expected outcomes include a comprehensive conceptualisation of absences including those triggered by schools or the care context; and an evidence-informed, child-centred framework to enable attendance and, thereby, improved educational outcomes. This should provide significant social and economic benefits both for children in care and for the community.