SART Strategy Assistant
Build the support, not the referral
Confidentiality notice
Do not enter student names or personally identifying information. Describe only the attendance situation, barriers, interventions already attempted, and relevant non-identifying circumstances. This tool is for professional guidance and intervention planning — not student recordkeeping. Nothing entered here is saved to a student record or transmitted off this device.
If the family follows everything we are asking them to do, have we done everything we reasonably can to make attendance possible?
Escalation is not the goal. Re-engagement is.
1. What's happening?
Non-identifying information only.
School level
Time period
Attendance pattern (select all that apply)
2. What barrier needs to be addressed?
Known or suspected. Select all that apply.
Transportation
Morning routine
Family / caregiving
Academic
School connection
Peer / safety
Social-emotional / behavioral
Basic needs
Housing / mobility
Employment
Unknown
3. What has already been tried?
For each item, add implementation, duration, and result if known.
4. Student and family input
Has the student been asked what is making attendance difficult?
Has the family been asked what is making attendance difficult?
Do not enter names or personally identifying information.
Strengths and protective factors
What is already working? Build on it.
People
Purpose
Patterns that already work
Family capacity
What changed?
When attendance suddenly worsens, finding the change is often faster than searching broadly for the barrier.