Question from Community Care – Truancy and ill-health among children at school by Ming Zhang

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)