Angelosante talks to BDN about chronic absenteeism
Courtney Angelosante, coordinator of the º£½ÇÉçÇø Positive Behavioral Supports and Interventions initiative at the University of º£½ÇÉçÇø College of Education and Human Development, was interviewed by the for an article about how K-12 schools are addressing chronic absenteeism. Angelosante noted that students were required to be at home during the COVID-19 pandemic, causing them to miss at least a year of socialization critical to their development. “We lost a year, and that’s showing up clearly in terms of how they resolve conflict, how they engage with each other,” Angelosante said. “Kids who were already at risk went over a year without intervention. I think our kids coming into school had no early intervention, no reciprocal play or parallel play, no exposure to other kids. This has created a different dynamic in schools.”