Care Team Tips

Imminent Danger = Risk of death is high

Someone:

YES – IMMEDIATELY CALL

UNCERTAIN – CALL

NO – CALL

Brandeis University Care Team - 8/2020

Step 1. How are you doing?

Assess your body, mind and spirit.

Step 2. Is your current path serving you?

Is it getting you closer to your goal in a healthy way?

Yes - Is there something you can do to make things easier?
Not sure - Talk it out help you gain clarity and figure out next steps. Your academic or ISSO advisor, manager, coach, faculty, Dean, Community Advisor or Area Coordinator, etc. are some options.
No - What could taking a turn look like? How might you start to make a change or try something differently? Review the "talk it out" options from step 2 or continue to step 3.

Step 3. Consider additional resources. Some ideas:

Brandeis University Care Team - 10/2020

Not sure what to do but concerned (not emergency in need of police)
- mental health/sleep/eating concerns seem different than baseline
- not sure if should approach; or feel ok to approach, but unsure of how to support
- issue may (or not) be serious or in violation of Rights and Responsibilities, but seems unusual
Issue(s) too much for peer to “carry”
- "gut" need for professionals to know—something is really wrong
- busy with own life (e.g., academics, commitments)—limited bandwidth
- interfering with “normal” functioning (e.g., mood/sleep/ eat/study)
- spilling over into extended friend group or living community
Tried talking to peer experiencing distress, but…
- issue(s) is getting worse
- level of concern is increasing
- conversation didn’t go well
- not sure peer is following through on advice/getting help/accessing resources

Brandeis University Care Team - 1/2021

The Care Team