When children are going through traumatic grief, teachers and other school personnel could misinterpret changes in their behavior and academic performance. While protecting a child's privacy should always come first, it can also be beneficial to collaborate with staff who interact with the child to ensure they are aware that the child has experienced a loss and may be going through challenges or seeing changes in their academic performance as a result. This course will better prepare your staff for working with these students.

* Retired Attendance Officer for Texas ISD

* Licensed Social Worker

* Master's Degree in Criminal Justice

* Certified Domestic Violence Counselor

* Basic Mediation

* Family Mediation

* Truancy Mediation

* National Association of Certified Mediators trainer

• Certified National Dropout Prevention Center Trauma-Skilled Specialist

• Author of "Structuring a Detailed School Plan for Absenteeism, Truancy, and Dropout Prevention," August 2021. Available on Amazon

Mr. Thompson spent over 11 years working with Texas Children's Protective Services families.

Over his twenty years of experience working truancy cases, Jerome recognized the need for more structured training for district clerks, attendance officers, outreach specialists, and others. Jerome helped create training hours for current and new attendance officers, ensuring the skills and knowledge needed to do the job. He also developed training assuring staff has the skills required to work with students, families, and school conflicts.