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Attendance Decision Navigator

Select the situation you are actually seeing. The navigator points you to the right tier, the first steps, who can help, and when to review — you keep professional judgment throughout.

Urgent concerns bypass routine timelines.Safety, homelessness, foster placement change, welfare, crisis, or immediate health needs are acted on the same day.

What are you seeing?

Choose one to get guidance.

Move up / stay / step down

Escalation is one option among several — and often not the right one.

StayAttendance is improvingContinue — do not escalate. Keep the intervention in place and keep monitoring.

Step downImprovement has held roughly 30 daysStep down one support at a time and keep the trusted-adult relationship.

Step downBarrier resolved and attendance stableReturn to Tier 1 monitoring with a written plan for a possible return of the pattern.

StayIntervention was not actually implementedDo not escalate. Fix implementation and run the cycle again.

StayInsufficient response, implementation was solidModify — change the strategy, the dosage, or the barrier hypothesis at the same tier.

StayBarrier changed or a new barrier appearedRe-match the strategy to the current barrier before considering a referral.

Move upComplex or multi-domain needsIntensify — bring the documented story to the next level of team support.

Move upPersistent after documented, monitored interventionMove to the next tier with the intervention story attached.

Move upUrgent safety, housing, welfare, or health needEscalate immediately through the urgent pathway, regardless of the routine cycle.