Tuesday, February 11, 2025
2:00 – 3:30 pm ET

Identify Early Warning Signs to Intervene & Support Students in Distress

Train your key campus stakeholders to recognize students in or at risk of experiencing a crisis. Create a collaborative approach by ensuring critical training is in place to increase the effectiveness of faculty, student affairs professionals, coaches, and others to recognize common crisis reaction clues and warning signs, effective de-escalation techniques for mild, moderate and severe distress situations.

Gather your colleagues from across campus to join us on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, as the Assistant Director, overseeing the Behavioral Services Division of the University of Florida’s Police Department, discusses the evolving mental health profile of today’s students based on the most recent data, the physiological reactions to crises and implications for crisis intervention, and how it correlates to their academic and social success at your institution.

Explore crisis reaction clues and warning signs, basic de-escalation techniques, and essential resources available so you can help your students cope and successfully transition through their college experience.

Don’t miss this opportunity to ensure your faculty, staff, coaches and students have the necessary training and tools to increase their awareness and ability to de-escalate students who may be in the early stages of a crisis before it spirals out of control.

Topics Covered

Gain crucial, actionable takeaways that will improve the way you:

• Provide the necessary training and tools to faculty, staff, coaches and students to recognize an individual in crisis.
• Recognize crises reaction clues and warning signs, the three levels of distress, and its impact on students’ physical and cognitive abilities.
• Increase the proficiency and confidence level of faculty, staff, coaches and others to intervene, support and assist students to thrive on your campus.
• Implement clear communication policies to report any concern and de-escalate a situation before it becomes a full-blown crisis. 
• Engage key campus and community stakeholders to foster a collaborative and supportive environment to assist students in crisis or at risk.
  

Presenter

Dr. Meggen Tucker Sixbey is the Assistant Director at the University of Florida’s Police Department, overseeing the Behavioral Services Division which includes a mental health support team of clinicians who respond with law enforcement officers to calls that are determined to present as mental health related.
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