Chris Taylor, PhD

What BIT/CARE teams can learn from new research on tiered and low-intensity student mental-health support. Most colleges have more mental-health resources than they did ten or fifteen years ago. Counseling centers have expanded where budgets allow, and campuses have added wellness programs, online resources, crisis lines, peer support, case management, BIT/CARE teams, outside partnerships, and enough apps and websites that even the people who work there may occasionally have trouble...

The Worst Time to Meet Your Partners Is During a Campus Crisis The National Governors Association's recent Briefing on Higher Education Campus Safety and Security highlighted the importance of partnerships. That makes sense. When something serious happens on a college campus, the response can quickly involve campus police or public safety, local law enforcement, fire and EMS, student affairs, counseling, emergency management, communications, facilities, senior leadership, and others depending...

Brian and I recently presented an InterACTT webinar on building resilient BIT/CARE teams. We talked about workload, role clarity, burnout, team culture, and what happens to teams after they have been doing this work together for a while. Those aren't necessarily the topics that get people excited about joining a BIT/CARE team, but they have quite a bit to do with whether the team is still functioning well a few years later. I have always been a little cautious about the word resilience...