TACUSPA El Paso, TX October 5, 2009 Mike Knox, Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Heather Snow, Director of Student Conduct A Trend That Is Here To Stay

Introduction Purpose of the Team How were we created ◦Partnership between Academic Affairs and Student Affairs ◦UT System Behavior Intervention Team Tasks

Committee Structure Annual Appointments made by VPSA & Provost Director of Counseling Services Director of Mental Health Services Chief of Police Director of Student Conduct Director of Residence Life/Apt. Life Director of Disability Services Director of Advising Center Relationship Violence and Sexual Assault Coordinator Human Resources Representative International Student Services Representative Faculty Representatives

Statistics (Sept 1-Aug 31) 48 referrals 4 Intl. Students 4 Graduate 25 Junior/Senior 11 Freshmen/Soph 94 referrals 8 Intl. Students 7 Graduate 38 Junior/Senior 45 Freshmen/ Soph

Referrals Made By No Anonymous Referrals Received

Nature of Referrals

FERPA/HIPAA Mental Health Guidance The U.S. Department of Education ordered to issue additional guidance on FERPA, student mental health and campus safety: Clarification on release of records when students poses a threat to themselves or others. Disclosures made in good faith do not give rise to liability. (Lowery; ASJA website)

FERPA Continued Health and Safety Emergencies (c) In making a determination under paragraph (a) of this section, an educational agency or institution may take into account the totality of the circumstances pertaining to a threat to the health or safety of a student or other individuals. If the educational agency or institution determines that there is an articulable and significant threat to the health or safety of a student or other individuals, it may disclose information from education records to any person whose knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals. If, based on the information available at the time of the determination, there is a rational basis for the determination, the Department will not substitute its judgment for that of the educational agency or institution in evaluating the circumstances and making its determination. (p )

Health and Safety Emergencies § What conditions apply to disclosure of information in health and safety emergencies? (a) An educational agency or institution may disclose personally identifiable information from an education record to appropriate parties, including parents of an eligible student, in connection with an emergency if knowledge of the information is necessary to protect the health or safety of the student or other individuals. (p )

Things We’ve Learned Outreach Defining our Scope System for Tracking Important Relationships: ◦Police Department ◦Mental Health ◦Agreements with local hospitals

Challenges Communication Tracking of Cases Case Management Outreach Defining Our Authority ◦Sanctions? ◦Involuntary Withdrawal ◦Interaction with Student Conduct Determining our “model” ◦Threat assessment vs. CARE team

Resources Other Institutions ◦Tennessee ◦UT-Austin NaBITa Contact us:

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