Truancy and ill-health among children at school by Ming Zhang By Ming Zhang
* Do you think that childhood illness has increasingly become a major cause of school absences in your area? GUIDE TIME FOR DISCUSSION: 20 minutes
* What are the current barriers that may stop the relevant agencies working together to address the issue of increased sickness absences among children? (20 minutes)
* Is the “sickie culture” behind the increase in children’s illness absences? (15 minutes)