CARE Management
Graduate school comes with a great deal of experiences. It can be transformative, enriching, joyous, chaotic, and sometimes just plain hard!
Your CARE team (Connect Advocate Reflect Empower) is here to help you navigate challenging situations. Meet the team.
Need Help Now?
- In case of an emergency, call 911 or Campus Security at 831.647.4153.
- TalkNow through TimelyCare provides 24/7 access to mental health support. You can speak with a counselor at any time from simply by opening the TimelyCare app or visiting go.miis.edu/timelycare in a browser and selecting TalkNow.
- Help Starts Here: Call 211 connects you to expert, caring help and every call is completely confidential.
What We Do
We support all students who may be having difficulty in navigating challenging situations We offer check-ins, problem solving, and referrals to other offices to support students in creating their independent goals and increasing their sense of thriving in the Middlebury Institute environment.
Things to Report
Human behavior lies along a continuum. We become concerned when a student’s behavior is causing distress to themselves, disrupting the residential or academic environment, and/or making others feel unsafe or distressed.
Please avoid labeling students with mental health issues (e.g., is depressed, acting manic, etc.). Instead, stick with concrete behaviors (e.g., crying in class, speaking rapidly, jumping from topic to topic).
- Increases in anxiety, worry, fear, or feelings of being overwhelmed
- Excessive fear of public places (outside of “stay home” advice)
- Paralyzing fear about the future
- Increase in potential mental health symptoms
- Changes in engagement
- Isolating/withdrawing from others
- Not “showing up” for class
- Missing assignment deadlines
- Unusual talkativeness
- Decrease in engagement/talkativeness from what is “normal” for them
- Racing thoughts, hard to follow
- Distractibility
- Changes in affect/emotions
- Feelings of hopelessness
- Excessive crying
- Increased energy
- Abnormally upbeat, jumpy, or wired
- Increased activity, energy, or agitation
- Exaggerated sense of well-being and self-confidence (euphoria)
- Decreased/increased need for sleep
- Decreased ability to focus or concentrate
- Decrease academic/work performance
- Missing assignments
- Poor attendance
- Decrease in self-care/hygiene
- Not sleeping
- Unhealthy coping strategies
- Increase in alcohol or drug use
- Increase in risky/impulsive behaviors
- Disruptive behaviors
- Sudden anger
- Noticeable changes in personality
Using the CARE FORM
The responsibility to support and care for one another is a core component of the Middlebury Institute community.
What faculty see in the classroom can be fundamentally different from what a job supervisor sees at work, a Campus Security officer sees when doing rounds, a roommate sees at home, or a trusted mentor hears from a concerned friend. The CARE network allows us to take in all of this information and utilize it to support students.
One way we can do this is by sharing our concern if we notice someone struggling. The CARE Management form allows faculty, staff, and students to note challenges to a student’s success and well-being. See above for some examples of behaviors worth noting.
Through CARE Management forms, the CARE Team can evaluate a situation and work collaboratively to develop an effective response.
Faculty can use the CARE Form to submit a course warning and/or a student of concern report.
Staff and students can use the CARE Form to submit a student of concern report. For students, this could be for a friend, peer or a self report.
The CARE FORM
Following are some of the ways that our community can use the CARE Network to support student success.
Contact Us
We collaborate regularly with campus partners and act as knowledgeable referral agents for a wide variety of resources.
Reach out to careteam@middlebury.edu for questions.