A multi-disciplinary approach to truancy

A multi-disciplinary approach to truancy A MULTI-DISCIPLINARY APPROACH TO TRUANCY BERTHOLD DEMSCH AND JULIA GARTH’ PROBLEMS, PHILOSOPHY AND GOALS This paper proposes to describe a multi-disciplinary team approach to attack attendance problems in Chicago Public Elementary Schools. It will look at the legal basis on which the program was initiated in terms of the advantages and pit- falls to be avoided; the District Committee in terms of its objectives, organization and functioning; and