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Colleges form 'care teams' to identify troubled students.

Source :
Mental Health Weekly. 4/21/2008, Vol. 18 Issue 16, p4-7. 3p.
Publication Year :
2008

Abstract

The article reports on the putting of care teams by some colleges in the U.S. to identify student behavior that may involve mental health or public safety issues. According to Rick Hanson, president of the American College Association, counseling centers are developing some expertise on predicting more violence-related situations. Those school programs are increasing in the country after shooting incidents occurred in the Virginia Tech and Northern Illinois University involving students.

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
10581103
Volume :
18
Issue :
16
Database :
Academic Search Index
Journal :
Mental Health Weekly
Publication Type :
Periodical
Accession number :
31782522