Our Services

Consultation

CSC is your partner in charge.

We offer expertise, strategic advice, systematic problem solving, assessment and treatment planning, and hands-on training to help your organization reach its vision of excellence. We work with families, schools, mental health centers, juvenile justice agencies, policymakers, and other youth-serving agencies and providers to implement effective, yet practical changes and achieve desired outcomes.

CSC’s consultation approach is both an art and a science; one that welcomes your expertise and knowledge throughout its entirety. We use research-informed assessment techniques to capture a comprehensive understanding of the presenting problem, and assessment results inform a personalized action plan grounded in evidence-based best practice solutions. We then work collaboratively with you and your team to tailor the action plan to meet your unique needs and to ensure we are designing a system that is practical and a good contextual fit for your organization.

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Our Expertise

Improve attendance and behavior with CSC’s data-driven collaborative consulting.

Assessment and Planning

We administer district- and school-level assessments, examine key data, help establish a cross-departmental district attendance team, and facilitate planning meetings to review assessment results, prioritize goals, and establish outcome measures.

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Multi-Tiered System of Support

We design and propose a multi-tiered system of support informed by assessments, data analyses, and conversations with schools. The tiers include Foundational Supports, Tier 1 Prevention-Oriented Supports, Tier 2 Early Intervention Supports, and Tier 3 Intensive Intervention Supports.

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Implementation

We collaborate with the attendance team to create an action plan for implementing the multi-tiered system starting with foundational supports. We provide ongoing and as-needed hands-on training, implementation assistance, and intervention troubleshooting.

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Monitoring

We help schools monitor weekly data and facilitate monthly team meetings to review progress towards meeting outcomes, revise the plan as needed, add or change interventions, etc. We also facilitate year-end data reviews to guide early outreach efforts for students and families at the start of the next school year.

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Foundational

All Students

  • Positive and trusting relationships

  • Regularly updated contact information

  • Simple, timely, and meaningful written communication with families

  • Supportive and inclusive school climate

  • Opportunities to experience success

  • Engaging curriculum that incorporates student interests and real-world application

  • Education on impact of school absences

  • Educator training about their role in supporting attendance

  • Standardized attendance measurement system

Tier 1. Prevention

Students with satisfactory attendance. Students missing 5-9% of days.

  • Nudge letters illustrating student attendance

  • Community support network to remove barriers

  • Effective behavior management

  • Universal disciplinary procedures that keep students in school and teach functional skills

  • Incentives for good and improved attendance

  • Academic interventions

  • Education on early warning signs

  • Increase monitoring during high-risk times

Tier 2. Early Intervention

Students missing 10-19% of days enrolled. Students who meet the truancy criteria.

  • Personalized action plan addressing barriers and increasing engagement

  • Personalized outreach from school and community (e.g., home visits, "We miss you" postcard, messages showing concern)

  • Help families secure resources and services

  • Function-based interventions

  • Academic tutoring and accommodations

  • Individualized disciplinary procedures that keep students in school and teach functional skills

  • Classroom-specific interventions

  • CSC's SupportEd program

Tier 3. Intensive Supports

Students missing 20%+ days enrolled.

  • Coordinated school and interagency response

  • 1:1 academic support (e.g., tutoring with teacher, to-do lists, academic coach)

  • Screen for trauma and connect family with evidence-based treatment

  • Refer students for more support and evaluation

  • Individualized student interventions

  • Engage Department for Children and Families

  • Legal intervention (last resort)

  • CSC's SupportEd program + court oversight

Chronic absenteeism and truancy are complex. CSC can help.

Are you ready to take the next step toward improving outcomes for your students?

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