The CARE team provides information related to which behaviors, statements, or concerns should be referred to the team. This includes a list of observable behaviors or other indicators that demonstrate an individual may need a referral.
Emotional Indicators
- Direct statements of distress, family problems or other difficulties
- Unprovoked anger or hostility
- Exaggerated personality traits: more withdrawn or more animated than usual
- Expressions of concern about a student by his/her peers
- A hunch or gut-level reaction that something is wrong
Physical Indicators
- Deterioration of physical appearance
- Lack of personal hygiene
- Excessive fatigue
- Visible changes in weight
- Bleary-eyed, hung over or smelling of alcohol
Safety Risk Indicators
- Any written note or verbal statement which has a sense of finality or a suicidal flavor
- Essays/papers which focus on despair, suicide, or death
- Statements to the effect that the student is “going away for a long time”
- Giving away of prized possessions
- Self-injuries or self-destructive behaviors
- Severe depressions