1. Responding to Student Concerns
Carrie Smith, Assistant Dean of Students
Carrie

2. Student Care & Outreach
Our mission is to coordinate care and assistance for all students, undergraduate and graduate, who experience complex, hardship, and/or unforeseen circumstances, by providing individualized assistance and tailored interventions.

3. Student Care & Outreach: Continuum of Care
Immediate Threat of Harm to Self/Others
General Concern

4. Hub of Care and Support
SCO often serves as the starting point for students, families, faculty, and staff, who are navigating concerns related to:
Academic issues
Substance abuse
Change in financial situation
Emotional distress
Mental health resources
Death of a family member or friend
Social and adjustment issues
Complex family issues
Victim of a crime (non-NDAH)

5. Gathering information Direct support
Documenting student interactions across campus
Direct support
Resource for resources
Responding to faculty and staff concerns
Collaborating with parents and families
BARC Case Management
Providing interventions
Hardship Withdrawals
Absence notifications
Incidence Response
Outreach
Using data to identify students for proactive outreach
Trainings for faculty, staff, and students
#HSWD in – 152
Incidence response: Hurricanes Harvey, Irma, Nate – includes coordination of notifying appropriate faculty about deployment or activation in response to storms; Outreach to students affected by earthquake in Iran and Iraq and unrest in Turkey
Outreach: More than 50 individual presentations to faculty, staff, administration and students – estimate somewhere around 600 people

6. Campus-wide Case Management Team
Integrated university-wide network of care
Goal of facilitating student success by harnessing university resources through coordinated communication
Breaking down silos of information to provide collaborative care
Meet weekly to triage complex student needs

7. Campus-wide Case Management Team
Student Care & Outreach - Carrie Smith (Chair)
Academic Advising - Julia Butler-Mayes
Academic Partnerships and Initiatives - Beate Brunow
Center for Student Activities and Involvement - Taylor Cain
Counseling and Psychiatric Services - Jennifer Hester
Disability Resource Center - Carolyn Arnold
Division of Academic Enhancement - Maggie Blanton
Graduate School - Cheri Bliss
Office of Institutional Diversity - Dominique Quarles
Office of Student Financial Aid - Anthony Jones
UGA Police - Capt. Adam Fouche
University Health Center - Liz Prince
University Housing - Scott Patton

8. What should I do if I am concerned about a student?
Speak directly to the student
Build on your existing relationship
Contact the appropriate office(s) or provide resources
Close the loop with Student Care & Outreach in order to prevent creating a silo of information
Do not hesitate to call the police if you believe you or the student are in immediate danger

9. Student Care & Outreach Staff
Beau Seagraves, Associate Dean of Students; Director of Student Care & Outreach
Carrie Smith, Assistant Dean of Students for Student Care & Outreach
Britney Deaver, Student Affairs Case Manager
Glen Harris, Jr., Student Affairs Case Manager
Ansley Long, Graduate Assistant

10. Student Care & Outreach: Continuum of Care
Providing interventions and ongoing support throughout a student’s enrollment
Immediate Threat of Harm to Self/Others
General Concern
Carrie

11. Behavioral Assessment and Response Council (BARC)
BARC is charged to:
Promote the safety of campus
Protect against threats of immediate harm to students or other members of the campus community
Determine the appropriate response to students exhibiting behaviors threatening to themselves and/or others

12. BARC Process
BARC case management is housed within Student Care & Outreach
BARC meets every week on Wednesday afternoons, and as necessary
BARC, in partnership with SCO, will decide if a case will be handled by BARC or if it will be handled by SCO

13. Members of BARC
Eric Atkinson, Associate Vice President for Student Affairs
Jan Davis Barham, Associate Dean of Students
Julia Butler-Mayes, Interim Director of Academic Advising Services
Linda Kasper, Executive Director of University Housing
Barrett Malone, Director, Office of Student Conduct
Bill McDonald, Dean of Students (Chair)
Beau Seagraves, Associate Dean of Students (Co-Chair), Director of Student Care & Outreach
Dan Silk, Chief, UGA Police Department
Carrie Smith, Assistant Dean of Students
Alicia Talbird, Case Manager, Counseling & Psychiatric Services
Ash Thompson, Director, Counseling & Psychiatric Services

14. Contact Us Visit us: 325 Tate Student Center
We are open for walk-ins from :00 am – 5:00 pm, Monday – Friday
Call us:
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16. QUESTIONS???
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