agreement was established with their educational 3) Contract with local Advantage Behavioral Health Systems success. There are more therapists to provide group (ABHS) to provide telephone crisis students with counseling sessions each intervention assistance to faculty and staff psychological issues semester dealing with topics on those occasions that the Student attending colleges and such as anger management, Support Services director is not universities now than ever toxic relationships, available. ABHS also has local clinics in before, making grief, etc. each of the four counties where Athens counseling services a 4) When current staff Tech has a campus, which allows for critical need in the quest positions in the Advisement students to be referred for counseling on for student success. Center come open, refill an as-needed basis. The Director of those positions with Student Support Services has a list of candidates who are licensed additional counseling services and therapists so that they might agencies in the Athens community that provide both counseling (by work on a sliding fee scale where students appointment) and advising to can go for follow-up help after crisis ATC students. stabilization. Impact on At-Risk Reviewer Policy Area Policies and Procedures Students Recommendations and Date Curricular Are there processes in place for The HS coordinator working with K-12 and 4-year/university manages Alignment sectors to align curricula and curriculum alignment competencies? If so, could the with K-12 sectors. processes be for other Alignment with colleges “models” programs? and universities sometimes starts with us and sometimes starts with the interested college or university. Degree Is there a mandatory degree status At-Risk students may be 1. Review with program Auditing check after completion of a specified more likely to feel they chairs a reasonable number of hours? are not making progress number of hours at if they are not receiving which students should
agreement was established with Advantage Behavioral Health Systems (ABHS) to provide telephone crisis intervention assistance to faculty and staff on those occasions that the Student Support Services director is not available. ABHS also has local clinics in each of the four counties where Athens Tech has a campus, which allows for students to be referred for counseling on an as-needed basis. The Director of Student Support Services has a list of additional counseling services and agencies in the Athens community that work on a sliding fee scale where students can go for follow-up help after crisis stabilization. their educational success. There are more students with psychological issues attending colleges and universities now than ever before, making counseling services a critical need in the quest for student success. 3) Contract with local therapists to provide group counseling sessions each semester dealing with topics such as anger management, toxic relationships, grief, etc. 4) When current staff positions in the Advisement Center come open, refill those positions with candidates who are licensed therapists so that they might provide both counseling (by appointment) and advising to ATC students. Policy Area Policies and Procedures Impact on At-Risk Students Recommendations Reviewer and Date Curricular Alignment Are there processes in place for working with K-12 and 4-year/university sectors to align curricula and competencies? If so, could the processes be “models” for other programs? The HS coordinator manages curriculum alignment with K-12 sectors. Alignment with colleges and universities sometimes starts with us and sometimes starts with the interested college or university. Degree Auditing Is there a mandatory degree status check after completion of a specified number of hours? At-Risk students may be more likely to feel they are not making progress if they are not receiving 1. Review with program chairs a reasonable number of hours at which students should
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