Troubled Students

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Troubled Students

QUIZ

For each situation below, label it as C for crisis or H as needing help but not a crisis situation. Then explain what you would do in that situation and why.

A student in your class smells strongly of alcohol. C/H
(answer=H) Explanation: Take him/her aside, out of hearing of the other students. Say that you smell alcohol on his/her breath and that you do not want the student to attend class under the influence. S/he should leave class today and see you later in your office. At that point you can express your concern for the student's well being, discuss the Student Health and Wellness Services available on campus and urge him/her to make an appointment.

A student has been consistently late to class, missed the midterm test and the scheduled takeover test. She explains that she has been having trouble with her parents and cannot sleep at night. C/H
(answer=H) Explanation: Assure the student that s/he does not have to cope with these problems alone and urge her/him to take advantage of the Student Health and Wellness Services.

A student dominates every class discussion with long and authoritative discourses, some of the information valuable and accurate, some not. C/H
(answer=H) Explanation: Talk with the student privately, preferably in your office. Most students recognize when they are dominating the class discussion and will defer to you if you tell them in advance that you will often ignore their effort to contribute in order to permit others to talk. If the behavior persists, you will need to be quite authoritative in not recognizing the student and in cutting him/her off during class discussions. Avoid ridicule or belittlement.

A student stops by your office at 4:00 PM on a Thursday and unloads a tale of troubles and a sense of hopelessness. C/H
(answer=C) Explanation: Listen sympathetically. Find out what personal resources the student has in terms of friends and family. Call the Student Health and Wellness Services for an immediate appointment and walk with the student to the office.

Just as your class is about to begin, two students in the classroom get into a loud altercation and one gives the other a hard jab to the arm. C/H
(answer=May or may not be a crisis.) Explanation: Tell them first to leave your classroom but do not interpose yourself in the altercation. If the anger does not immediately subside and they continue the argument inside or outside the classroom, call security.

Transcriber to Dream Format, Barbara Lindemann

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