Families

Do you think your child has school attendance challenges?

Try to understand their warning signs, symptoms, and barriers to education and learning.

• Warning Signs Checklist
• Barriers to Education Checklist

Warning Signs Checklist

Use this interactive checklist to identify early warning signs that your child may be experiencing school attendance challenges.

Open the Warning Signs Checklist

Barriers to Education Checklist

Use this interactive checklist to identify potential barriers to your child’s education and learning.

Open the Barriers to Education Checklist

Student Experiences of School Checklist

Use this interactive checklist to understand a student’s lived experiences of school.

Open the Student Experiences of School Checklist

Next steps

• Get educated: resources – Tier 1 (wellness workbooks and booklets), Tier 2 and 3 (early intervention and targeted support): guidebook, student workbook, and handbook
• Take the online courses (YWAP and SAC: Tiers 1 to 3 support)
• Become your child’s Advocate: Go to your child’s school, make an appointment with the principal, and ask for an Education Support Team.
• Provide documentation: Psychological-Educational Assessment, warning signs and barriers checklists
• Ask for accommodations and an action plan