Every Day Matters: Reducing School Non-Attendance in Autistic Students

自闭症儿童每周缺课一天，是同龄人的三倍。这对他们的学习、健康以及后来的职业成就都有重大影响。该项目旨在确定使自闭症儿童缺课风险增加的因素，并绘制用于减少缺课的支持和干预措施的地图。预期的结果包括一个自闭症特有的模型，说明自闭症学生的缺勤率如何以及为什么会增加。预计该模型将迈出重要的一步，使教师和专业人员能够确定哪些自闭症儿童最有可能旷课，并选择最佳策略来支持积极和有益的重返学校。

Autistic children miss one day a week of school, three times more than their peers. This significantly impacts their learning, wellbeing and later, their vocational outcomes. This project aims to identify the factors that put autistic children at increased risk of missing school and map the supports and interventions used to reduce school non-attendance. Expected outcomes include an autism-specific model of the how and why school non-attendance is elevated for autistic students. It is anticipated that this model make the important step of enabling teachers and professionals to identify which autistic children are most at risk of absenteeism and select the best strategies to support a positive and beneficial return to school.