Transcript Assisting Students in Distress Carmen Taylor, Ph.D. - Vice President for Student Services Brad Compliment, Ph.D.

Assisting Students in Distress
Carmen Taylor, Ph.D. - Vice President for Student Services
Brad Compliment, Ph.D. – Director, Counseling and Psychological Services
Janet Foster - Associate Vice President, Information Technology Services
RED FOLDER INITIATIVE
GOALS:
1.
Inform members of the community to
help and respond to students in distress
2.
Provide resources/tools for assisting
students in distress
Note: This is not an ATI compliant document
Brad Compliment, Ph.D.
Director, Counseling And Psychological Services
• Faculty Guide:
Assisting the Emotionally Distressed Student
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/caps/facultyguide.htm
• CAPS On-line Mental Health Screening:
How are you doing? No…Really
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/cares/
Janet Foster
Associate Vice President, Information Technology Services
www.csulb.edu/ITS
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Desktop Icon
o
Shortcut link which launches a .pdf
document into a web browser
o
Provides desktop access to same
information as hardcopy resources
o
Working with IT techs across campus for
installation of icon onto all faculty and
staff desktops
http://www.calstate.edu/redfolder/long-beach/Red-Folder-Long-Beach.pdf
QUESTIONS
Timeline
Student Services Behavior Response
• CARES Team - Refer a Student to the CARES Team
http://www.csulb.edu/divisions/students/cares/
• Refer a student to the CARES Team by submitting
a report through our secure online form or call
the Associate Vice President and Dean of
Students, Dr. Jeff Klaus at (562) 985-8670. If this is
an emergency, please call 9-1-1 or University
Police (562) 985-4101.
Red Folder Conception
• The “Red File” – 6 years ago
o A CSULB CAPS initiative
• The “Red Folder Initiative”
o Assisting Students in Distress
• A resource for faculty and staff to have in their
offices when working with students who may
need help in finding resources
Red Folder Conception
• A place to begin…. In addition to other
resources you may already have available
• Being rolled out on all 23 campuses of the CSU
system and has also been developed on the
UC campuses as well as other universities
around the country - in various forms
• Intention is to provide easily accessible
resources for your work with students.