Teachers and guidance counselors meet students on a regular basis and in the beginning of their study sometimes all students are called in for an interview while others are called in after a screening for at-risk students for dropout, which allows the school to intervene early in the students education and reduce the risk of dropout.
Nú er skimað fyrir áhrifaþáttum brotthvarfs í öllum framhaldsskólum. Sums staðar eru allir nýnemar kallaðir í viðtal í upphafi náms til að mynda tengsl en annars staðar eftir skimun. Þannig er gripið snemma inn í skólagöngu nemenda í brotthvarfshættu.