Behavioral Intervention Team Referral

To refer a student to the Behavioral Intervention Team, please CLICK HERE

Behaviors to report include:

  • Signficant change in demeanor, attitude, or appearance

  • Inability to focus or engage

  • Argumentative, frequent crosstalk, or non-compliance with reasonable requests

  • Strange or concerning writing that is off-topic from prompt

  • Disruptive participation in class

  • Fixation or focus on an individual, place, or system

  • Hardened or inflexible thoughts or speech

  • Themes of suicide, death, and/or dying in papers/writing projects that are off topic from prompt

  • Emotions displayed to an extreme degree or fo prolonged time (e.g., sadness, anxiety, fearfulness)

  • Inappropriate emotional outbursts (e.g. unprovoked anger/hostility, sobbing)

  • Expressions of hopelessness, isolation, or worthlessness

  • Difficulty connecting with the community, making social connections, etc.

  • Challenges coping with a major life event (e.g. death, break-up, etc.)

  • Marked irritability, anger, or hostility, frequent conflict with others

  • Disclosed mental health issue (e.g., depression, anxiety, mood disorder, eating disorder)

  • Strange or concerning behavior (e.g., seeing or hearing things other people don’t)

  • Delusional or paranoid speech or actions (e.g. statements/actions that demonstrate a clear detachment from reality)

  • Panic or excessive worry over relatively common troubles

  • Teasing or bullying; receiving or giving

  • Chronic fatigue or falling asleep at inappropriate times

  • Marked change in personal hygiene

  • Noticeable increase or decrease in energy level

  • Dramatic weight loss or gain

  • Impaired speech or confused, disjointed thoughts

  • Frequently appears “hung over” or attends class intoxicated

  • Noticeable signs of self-harm that seem unusual (e.g. cuts, burns)

  • Direct threat communicated to professor/instructor, staff, student, or other individual(s)

  • Explicit expression of racist or discriminatory thoughts or other hardened beliefs

  • Bullying actions including cyberbullying

  • Physical assault (e.g., pushing, shoving, punching)

  • Aggressive behavior (e.g., throwing objects, slamming doors)

  • Storming off when frustrated or angry

  • Conversations that are designed to upset others (e.g., discussions of weapons, violence, death)

  • Objectifying or depersonalizing language

  • Arguing with intent to embarass, shame, or shut down others

  • Inability to care for oneself

  • Harassing or agressive action toward others

  • Stalking behaviors, with or without intent to harm

  • Excessive alcohol or drug use

  • Profoundly disturbed or detached view of reality