An order will onlybe appropriate where the behaviour of the parent in relation to their child isseriously deficient and where a parent has been offered help and support on avoluntary basis and has refused to engage with that support.Statisticson truancy are available from the annual Scottish Executive National StatisticsPublication on Attendance and Absence in Scottish Schools 2005-06:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/159603/0043419.pdf.Statisticson exclusion are available from the annual Scottish Executive NationalStatistics Publication Exclusions from Schools, 2005-06:http://www.scotland.gov.uk/Resource/Doc/164454/0044803.pdf.Recentmeasures to improve attendance management include consultation on draftguidance Engaged and Involved: attendance in Scottish schools (2006) whichhighlights the need to monitor and respond to patterns of absence including theuse of home link workers to liaise with families; and, Executive supportedfunding and pilots of automated...