Abstract
The present study investigated shaping and maintenance programs for the school attendance behavior of an 11-year-old girl who had not been attending school. The hypothesis was that the cause of her non-attendance was her lack of swimming skills, her parents' willingness to let her stay home when she complained about participating in swimming classes at school, and her grandmother's reinforcement of school non-attendance. Training focused on swimming skills, and included establishing an educational and treatment relationship with the girl, swimming training by her family members, guidance for her parents, home visits from her teacher, and support from her teacher for participation in swimming class. After 4 sessions extending over 2 months, she returned to school. At a one-year follow-up, her school attendance was found to be maintained. These results suggest that when school non-attendance is related to a specific aspect of school, then in the assessment, information should be collected about conditions necessary for maintaining school attendance.
