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Identification of students’ at risk

Guideline for Parents

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5. Deal with Risk Situations

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Misunderstanding situations of risk is often the cause of many problems and blunders. These may be an obstacle to your effective communication with the school about your child’s risk.
The general aim is to have a school inspiring people to continue their educational career or even supporting students in their professional orientation. But these expectations figure a student who is able and willing to stick in his/her studies. Whatever is the reason that increases the possibilities of early school drop out, family and more specifically parents are the cornerstone of any decision. It is important that parents, when they realize that their children are at risk or they are informed by school that their children have possibilities to give up their education, should communicate with the school and provide all the necessary information related to the background of their children.

  1. Your expectations matter. It is important for you and your child to be conscious of your own choice. You know the importance of a qualification for a future job. So, accept invitations from the class teacher to talk about your opportunities and difficulties.
  2. Talk to your child about his/her experience at school. You may encourage your child to write it in a diary or post it on an online blog.
  3. Try to keep informed about all school initiatives regarding personal emotions, socio- affective aspects, cultural activities (i.e. theatre, music) and also presentation of work ( visiting farms, knowing art and crafts) in an effective alternation of school and work, to strengthen key competences and build an aware citizenship.
  4. Encourage your child to have a personal project for his/her life, by looking at things from different perspectives, not only as a student. This will build a respectful relationship between you and your child, useful to tackle and solve problems and risks.

Publication From the School Inclusion Project

  • Communication
    Training module for teachers on Communication available on the School Inclusion Portal

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20 December 2014

Final Partners’ meeting

The fourth partners’ meeting took place in Florence (IT) on 15 December 2014. The meeting had the objective to check the activities carried out since the third meeting of the project and share and assess the in progress results. A special focus has been dedicated to the presentation of the strategies to solve the case scenarios.