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Every practice in the library, in one list. Narrow it by how long you have, who it is written for, and where you are right now.
When a young person will not go in, social fear is the most common thing underneath. Start there, before anyone reaches for words like lazy or defiant.
Ask about the parts of the day with other people in them: the corridor between lessons, the dining hall, being called on, changing for sport, walking…
Listen for the moment a young person starts explaining why home is better. A preference with reasons attached is much harder to shift than plain distress.
Distress you can soothe, and then move through together. A worked out case, less demanding work, nobody staring, no awkwardness at lunch, is…
Not every child who is not at school is frightened of school. Some are kept at home by what is happening there, some have decided the place is not worth it, and some are angry about one specific thing.
The child looking after an unwell parent, the teenager who has written the school off, and the one who cannot face the corridor all look the same on…
Missing school is not one thing. There is pleading that folds, pleading that becomes an hour of protest, arriving late, arriving and then sitting in the nurse's room by eleven, and not arriving at all.
Writing down which of those happened each day gives you something to watch. Most of the real movement, in both directions, happens inside days that…
Looking for a whole subject rather than a single practice? Start from the nine areas.