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organisations

Advisory Centre for Education
1C Aberdeen Studios
22 Highbury Grove
London N5 2DQ
Tel: 020 7354 8318
Advice line: 0808 800 5793 (Mon-Fri 2-5pm)
E-mail: enquiries@ace.dialnet.com
Website: www.ace-ed.org.uk
An independent national advice centre for parents offering legal information, support and advice in relation to education, including topics such as exclusion from school, bullying and special educational needs. It can also advise parents on appealing to local education authorities and schools over admissions.

Kidscape
2 Grosvenor Gardens
London SW1W 0DH
Helpline: 08451 205 204 (Mon-Fri, 10am-4pm)
Tel: 020 7730 3300
Website: www.kidscape.org.uk
Charity committed to keeping children safe from bullying and child abuse. The helpline provides practical advice to parents on any concerns about school bullying. Kidscape promotes peer support programmes in schools which encourage senior pupils to help younger children who may be being bullied or feel threatened. The website includes a forum for children to talk about their experiences of bullying, details of courses to help children to cope with bullying and you can order free booklets and leaflets on child safety and the prevention of bullying and abuse.

Parentline Plus
Helpline: 0808 800 2222 (24 hours)
Textphone: 0800 783 6783
Tel: 020 7284 5500
E-mail: contact@parentlineplus.org.uk
Website: www.parentlineplus.org.uk
Offers support to anyone parenting or helping to raise children, from newborn babies to young adults. There are free telephone and email helplines, parenting courses and information leaflets. The website offers lots of advice, real-life stories and relevant news as well as a helpful A-Z of related topics, such as discipline, truancy and bullying.

YoungMinds
102-108 Clerkenwell Road
London EC1M 5SA
Tel: 020 7336 8445 (for info and publications)
Parents' Information Service: 0800 018 2138 (free, Mon to Fri 10am-1pm,Tues-Thur 1-4pm)
Website: www.youngminds.org.uk
National charity committed to improving the mental health of all children and young people. Services include the Parents' Information Service, which is a free confidential helpline for any adult with concerns information about the mental health of a child or young person. YoungMinds also offers consultancy, seminars and training, leaflets and booklets for young people, and publishes a bi-monthly magazine.

websites

Children Who Do Not Go To School
www.rcpsych.ac.uk/mentalhealthinformation/.../childrenandtruancy.aspx
Factsheet for parents and teachers from the Royal College of Psychiatrists on the subject of school refusal and truancy and associated behaviour of truanting children. It looks at the different causes of truancy and considers the underlying problems that leads to it, such as anxiety about the home, learning difficulties and parents keeping their children out of school for company.

Playing Truant
www.youthinformation.com
Article from the National Youth Agency aimed at young people describing some of the reasons why some young people play truant and what the consequences of bunking off school can be.

Tackling It Together – The School Attendance Website
www.dfes.gov.uk/schoolattendance
The government's School Attendance Website provides information on school attendance issues and good practice, case studies, FAQs and a list of useful publications and courses. The site offers useful information to everyone concerned in education and children's welfare, including local education authorities, schools, police authorities, social services, parents, magistrates and youth offending teams.

reading

	Truancy: Working with Teachers, Pupils and Schools b y Ken Reid (Routledge Farmer 2002) This book provides a comprehensive and systematic treatment of short, medium and long-term approaches to truancy issues, as well as looking at the varying successes of mentoring and alternative curriculum strategies and how schools can involve parents to help tackle the problem. Get this book
	School Refusal: Parent, adolescent and child training skills by David Heyne and Stephanie Rollings  (BSP Blackwell 2002) An accessible guide designed for anyone working with children, adolescents and their families. it provides a practical insight into school refusal and other forms of school attendance problems and helps develop ways to deal with the problem and its causes. Get this book

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