CAPS Intervention Academy.

Mr. Thompson is currently retired and had over twenty years of experience working with dropout-prone students and their families for a Texas school district. One of his primary responsibilities was facilitating attendance/truancy meetings between the school, parent, and student. As an attendance meeting facilitator, he has mediated hundreds of attendance/truancy issues, finding a solution to help families get their students to school and avoid legal intervention. Jerome's skills in working with schools and families come from years of planning and creating a plan. Jerome Thompson: • Lead trainer & Attendance Officer • Licensed Social Worker Texas License number: 23545 • Master's Degree in Criminal Justice • Certified Domestic Violence Counselor • Family Mediation • Truancy Mediation • National Association of Certified Mediators trainer • Author of "Structuring a Detailed School Plan for Absenteeism, Truancy, and Dropout Prevention" August 2021 Available on Amazon • Founder and instructor for CAPS Intervention Academy online self-paced truancy, absenteeism, and dropout prevention course platform. Website: www.interventionacademy.com Mr. Thompson spent over 11 years working with Texas Children Protective Services families. For the last seven years, he was responsible for training the foster kids ‘and mentors in preparation for existing foster care needs. 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 specifically for attendance specialists, assuring staff has the skill required to work with students, families, and school attendance conflicts. He is now offering his services to the school districts or truancy programs as a truancy consultant. Contact: 1-800-778-0728