<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/news/keeping-kids-in-schools-how-school-psychologists-can-help.html" dsn="news"><title>Keeping Kids in Schools: How School Psychologists Can Help</title><item_date>01/05/2026 01:54:03 PM</item_date><author>Sarah Ferrara</author><image><img src="/news/images/elana-wolkoff-faculty-viewpoint.jpg" alt="Woman in gray jacket sitting on a patterned couch with a window of greenery in the background"/></image><image_caption>Elana Wolkoff, PhD, LEP, Associate Professor, and Associate Director of Field Education, School Psychology Department (Photography by Joshua Rizkall)</image_caption><thumbnail><img src="/news/images/elana-wolkoff-faculty-viewpoint.jpg" alt="Woman in gray jacket sitting on a patterned couch with a window of greenery in the background"/></thumbnail><summary>Dr. Elana Wolkoff, Associate Professor of School Psychology at William James College, has researched and addressed chronic absenteeism throughout her career. Wolkoff shares her expertise on why chronic absenteeism occurs and how school psychologists, teachers, and administrators can work together to get children the education they need.</summary><category>In the Community</category><featured/><tags><tag>Faculty</tag><tag>In the Community</tag></tags></item>