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Expressing 担忧 About a Student

Expressing 担忧 About a Student

newbb电子平台 seeks to provide a safe and secure environment in which students can pursue their academic and personal goals. The purpose of the CARE Team is to ensure a timely and coordinated university response to students whose behavior is disruptive to others or reflects a credible potential for harm to self or others.

The CARE Team is overseen by The 教务长. The makeup of the Committee includes University professionals specializing in mental health, 执法, community standards, 居住生活, and academic affairs. This team supplements, but does not replace,se existing University processes:

Concerned About a Student?

newbb电子平台’s CARE Team can help 支持 students in crisis who may be at elevated risk of harming themselves or others.

Express a Concern - Complete the Form

一次提交, completed form will be sent electronically to the Office of the 教务长, 345 Baker University Center, 740.593.1800.

Concerning Student Behavior
  • Struggling with feelings of helplessness
  • Expressing challenges with depression and/or anxiety that impact their daily living
  • Student who is not attending class
  • Student who is struggling with basic hygiene
  • Making threats of harm to self or others
 

Our Guiding Principles

The CARE Team operates with these regulations and principles in mind: 

  • 学生’ privacy rights are protected by law and University policy and will be maintained throughout in accordance with FERPA and HIPAA. 
    • Every effort will be made to protect the identity of the reporter, if that is the reporter’s wish.
  • 学生 with mental health issues or illnesses can succeed at newbb电子平台 and every attempt will be made to 支持 this outcome. However, in some cases students may be unable to pursue studies because of their condition.
  • Recognizing that the behavior of individuals can have a profound impact on the community, a balance must be maintained between a desire to 支持 individual students and the safety and well-being of the community.

评审过程

  • Anyone may submit an expression of concern regarding individual students to the Office of the 教务长 (DOS); including students, 父母, 教师, 工作人员, and other community members.
  • 工作人员 in the Office of the 教务长 or another member of the CARE Team will reach out to students to determine what resources, 支持, or next steps should be taken for the well-being of the student and/or campus community.  
    • That outreach can take different forms depending on the situation.  We may reach out through email with helpful resources or through a phone call to check in.  Other times, we may invite you to speak with us one-on-one about the concern.
  • Depending on the situation, 工作人员 may provide reporting 教师, 工作人员, 父母, or students with 支持 and intervention resources.
  • 表单提交, along with any information related to an expression of concern, are considered educational records of the individual students, are maintained at DOS, and will not be disclosed outside the requirements of federal privacy law (FERPA).