Responsibility
A principle responsibility of the Student CARE Team (SCT) is to respond to concerns regarding student behavior. The SCT addresses a wide variety of concerns regarding student welfare including, but not limited to, concerns of disruptive, threatening, or violent behavior. However, SCT is where a student who might exhibit at-risk behavior is identified and support services and appropriate university responses are discussed.
The SCT will meet regularly to review student incidents that have occurred since the previous meeting, as well as reviewing continuing individual cases. The team works to build a holistic picture of the student, and plans the assessment, intervention or referral approach. In some cases a particular situation may require coordination with on-campus services such as accessibility, residence life, or the academic advisor or college dean’s office.
One of the most important aspects of creating a successful system for working with at-risk students is to have an accurate, timely, and accessible flow of information regarding the student. The communication system must be comprehensive, secure and responsive. The SCT helps to facilitate communication between departments and units on campus regarding students in distress. By using early coordinated communication, prevention, and intervention efforts, more serious student situations may be prevented or deescalated.
The SCT is not designed to address serious urgent situations involving imminent harm to self or others, substantive threats to self or others, or damage to property. These issues are handled directly by the University Police Department and the Threat Assessment Team (TAT).The mission of the TAT is “to evaluate potentially threatening situations within the CSUEB community and act on the threat or, when appropriate, make recommendations to the CSUEB President on the proper course of action to be taken.” Please contact the University Police Department for guidance if you are not sure whether to refer a situation to the TAT, or the Student CARE Team.