# School Avoidance Alliance

> School Avoidance Alliance helps parents, caregivers, school professionals, clinicians and community teams respond to school avoidance and chronic absenteeism with evidence-based tools, training and family support. Founded in 2014 by Jayne Demsky, author of Overcoming School Avoidance.

## Audiences
- Parents and caregivers: guidance, community support and courses for families of children who struggle to attend school.
- School professionals: school and district teams building MTSS-aligned responses to school avoidance.
- Clinical and community teams: mental health practices, community organizations and regional agencies using the same roadmap schools use.

## Programs
- School Avoidance Alliance MTSS Roadmap: licensed by single schools and districts, with unlimited staff access. Includes the Roadmap Curriculum, the Quick Start Implementation Guide, the Teacher Cheat Sheet and Parent Master Class access for families.
- Parent Master Class: a self-paced course for parents with guidance from five leading clinicians, a school psychologist and a special education attorney.
- Live Workshops and Keynotes: optional live sessions for school, district and organization teams.
- Parent Community: the School Avoidance Community, an online support community for parents.
- Overcoming School Avoidance: the book by Jayne Demsky, with real stories, expert insight from 11 contributors and step-by-step strategies to help a child return to school.
- SRAS-R (School Refusal Assessment Scale, Revised): a free assessment that identifies the function behind a child's school refusal.

## Key pages
- [Home](https://schoolavoidance.org/): choose the parent or school professional path.
- [Parents](https://schoolavoidance.org/parents/): resources for parents and caregivers.
- [Parent Master Class](https://schoolavoidance.org/parents/masterclass/): the parent course and its instructors.
- [Parent Community](https://schoolavoidance.org/parents/community/): the online parent support community.
- [The Book](https://schoolavoidance.org/parents/book/): Overcoming School Avoidance by Jayne Demsky.
- [School Avoidance 101 and SRAS-R](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-avoidance-101/): the free School Refusal Assessment Scale.
- [School Professionals](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-professionals/): tools and training for school and district teams.
- [MTSS Roadmap licensing](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-professionals/quote/): what the Roadmap includes and how schools and districts request a quote.
- [Clinical and Community Teams](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-professionals/clinical-and-community/): the roadmap for clinicians, community organizations and regional agencies.
- [Pulse Check](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-professionals/pulse-check/): a free check that shows where a school system breaks down on school avoidance.
- [Benchmark Report](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-professionals/benchmark-report/): the 2026 School Avoidance Impact and Benchmarking Survey.
- [Parent Master Class for schools](https://schoolavoidance.org/school-professionals/parent-masterclass/): offering the Parent Master Class to families through a school.
- [Blog](https://schoolavoidance.org/blog/): articles on school avoidance, school refusal and truancy.