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Show Reference guide helps troubled teenagers get assistance high school drop out might want to look at the truancy section under "Rights and Responsibilities." It gives the legal definition of "Habitual Truancy" and then lists the recommended procedure for parents and school officials that can lead up to court referral. Finally, the powers of the court are outlined. Ms Bock says the Reference Guide for Students At-Risk is available through the Davis County School District cq Erma Love, accounting ac-counting Department,- 45 -Et!State Street, Farmington,' Utah ' 84025. The cost to cover printing and 'the binder is $25 per copy. She suggests sug-gests the PTA, county attorney, mental health professionals and religious leaders might want to purchase pur-chase this guide. One copy has been placed in each of the elementary schools in the county. There are at least two copies in all secondary schools. FARMINGTON - Pretend you are a youth leader-professional or i volunteer. A teen that you would identify as being "at risk" approaches ap-proaches you with a serious problem. prob-lem. He has decided to drop out of high school and he can't get a job. How do you help this troubled young person? What resources are available to you and to him right in Davis County? To help answer this question and ' hmdreds of otheis that young peo-'- pie need solved daily, the Davis County School District in cooperation coopera-tion with many other agencies have just completed a looseleaf bound book called, "Reference Guide for Students At-Risk and Yellow Pages." Gail Bock, Gifted and Talented Tal-ented Director for the school district, was the Chairman for the committee that prepared the material mate-rial which focuses directly on youth problems... The topics covered in; the guide - were taken from concerns expressed express-ed by the young people in Davis County over the Teenline, a telephone "hot line" service staffed staff-ed by trained students from the six county high schools and assisted by a professional counselor. Teenline has been operational since the beginning of 1989. It is open five nights a week, excluding the weekends week-ends from six until ten p.m. The number to call is 451 -TEEN. All calls are answered by teens who get support from adults. The first section in the guide lists the "At Risk Issues' separately, alphabetically and with tab dividers. Topics included range from abuse, adoption, death, eating disorders and children of alcoholics to AIDS, , boygirl friends and pregnancy. There are 19 general issues covered in the "At Risk Issues" section. Getting back to the initial problem prob-lem of a potential high school drop out, the adult leader would turn to this issue in the Guide. Listed are several issues related to the reason for dropping out. There are also referral re-ferral services given - Davis District Pupil Personnel and other helps. The adult leader might want to follow up the referral services listed by turning to the second major section sec-tion of the guide. - the "Yellow Pages." This is an up-to-date listing of all county agencies with ad-dresses ad-dresses and. telephone number that - deal with youth- issues,- A-ferief-description of the services provided by the agency is also given. The final section of the guide is call "Rights and Responsibilities." This highlights the common procedures pro-cedures of the juvenile court system, law enforcement and the policies of the Davis School District Topics listed in this section include alcohol, drugs, ungovernable ungover-nable runaways, truancy and many1 others. " ... An adult counseling a potential .. |