The Early Truancy Prevention Project

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01894464

Acronym

ETPP

Enrollment

Registered

2013-07-10

Start date

2013-08-31

Completion date

2015-07-31

Last updated

2016-03-08

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Excessive Absenteeism by Primary School Students

Keywords

truancy, attendance, education, primary school, elementary school

Brief summary

The Early Truancy Prevention Project is designed to prevent elementary school truancy through teacher-led interventions that are individualized to meet student needs.

Detailed description

The Early Truancy Prevention Project is an innovative intervention program designed to prevent elementary school truancy and later school dropout. The intervention model emphasizes the important role of teachers as change agents to address early attendance problems and emerging truancy. Specifically, the goals of this pilot project are: 1) to facilitate positive, trusting, and collaborative home-school relations and to promote a positive teacher-child relationship; 2) to provide teachers with timely information about a student's attendance pattern; and 3) to train and supervise teachers in the implementation of individualized attendance interventions to improve student attendance and prevent emerging truancy among elementary school students. As this is a pilot study, another important goal is to obtain teacher and administrator feedback to improve and refine all aspects of the project.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALTeacher led intervention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

PARALLEL

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* all first and second grade teachers in 6 schools

Exclusion criteria

* none

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Percent of students who are truant	June, 2014	Truancy is defined as 10 days absent during the academic year (approximately 10 months: August, 2013-June, 2014).

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Average number of absences per classroom	June, 2014	Average number of absences per classroom during the academic year (approximately 10 months: August, 2013-June, 2014).

Countries

United States

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026