Mr. Thompson has over twenty years of experience working with students and their families for a Texas school district. He was responsible for alternative, middle, and high school students. One of his primary responsibilities is facilitating attendance/truancy meetings between the school, parent, and student. As an attendance meeting facilitator, he has mediated hundreds of family and attendance/truancy issues, finding a solution to help families get their students to school and avoid legal intervention. Jerome's skills in working with schools and families come from years of resolving family conflicts.

Jerome Thompson:

• Retired Attendance Officer for Texas ISD
•  Licensed Social Worker
• Master's Degree in Criminal Justice
• Certified Domestic Violence Counselor
• Basic Mediation
• Family Mediation
• Truancy Mediation
• Child Custody Mediation
• Certified National Dropout Prevention Center Trauma-Skilled Specialist
• National Association of Certified Mediators trainer
• Author of "Structuring a Detailed School Plan for Absenteeism, Truancy, and Dropout Prevention" August 2021 Available on Amazon

Mr. Thompson also spent over 11 years working with Texas Children Protective Services families, where he had to facilitate meetings with the family members to determine the best placement for children.