Why Compassionate Responses to Truancy Work
When students stop showing up to school, it’s easy to label the behavior as defiance or lack of motivation. But what if we responded to chronic absenteeism not with punishment, but with empathy, education, and support? That’s the foundation behind Truancy 101, an evidence-based online truancy intervention program that takes a compassionate approach to school […]
Truancy Isn’t Just Skipping School: Understanding the Hidden Barriers Behind Absences
What Is Truancy? Understanding Chronic Absenteeism and Its Impact Truancy refers to unexcused absences from school and is a leading indicator of long-term academic and social disengagement. Unlike excused absences due to illness or family emergencies, chronic absenteeism—missing 10% or more of the school year—often signals deeper, systemic or personal challenges that students face daily. […]
How Online Diversion Programs Are Advancing Restorative Justice in 2025
Across the country, court systems are facing pressure to do more with less: rising caseloads, limited staffing, and increasing demand for equitable outcomes. For probation departments and judges, the challenge is clear — how do you hold individuals accountable without defaulting to punishment? The answer for many jurisdictions is online diversion programs. These evidence-based, court-approved […]
Court-Ordered Classes: Shoplifting
Online Anti-Theft Class for Shoplifting Intervention
Anti-theft classes are designed to reduce repeat offenses in low-risk offenders who may have an addiction to stealing. 3rd Millennium Classrooms provides STOPLifting, an online educational course that may be mandated by a court, legal order, legal representative, parole or probation officer, or other agency for shoplifting or petty theft violations.
3 Ways Pre-Trial Intervention Achieves Public Safety
In the United States, there’s a common problem: jails are overcrowded, courts and agencies are overburdened, and costs are skyrocketing. To address this issue, courts, probation offices, and agencies across the country are embracing an evidence-based approach: pre-trial intervention. By encouraging an alternative to arrest or charges in appropriate cases, courts and agencies are using […]
Course Highlight: STOPLifting
Do you have offenders with shoplifting violations? If you’re a court looking for an effective, easy-to-set-up intervention for these individuals, check out our course STOPLifting.
Court-Ordered Classes: Shoplifting
Do you have clients with shoplifting violations? Are you tired of seeing them in your courts for the same charges again and again?