Behaviorial Intervention Team

In an emergency always DIAL 911 - BIT is not intended as a response to an emergency situation

When in doubt report! By reporting troubling behavior, you give BIT the opportunity to intervene and connect an individual in distress with critical resources. You also help the campus community by submitting concerns to a central source - more often than not, if you've noticed a behavior of concern someone else has as well.

By reporting troubling behavior, you give BIT the opportunity to intervene and connect an individual in distress with critical resources. Reporting shows you care and want the individual to succeed. By reporting, you are also helping the campus community centralize information, thus building a more complete picture of the situation. More often than not, if you've noticed a behavior of concern someone else has as well.

The Behavioral Intervention Team should be alerted when you witness or are made aware of any of the behaviors below by any member of the Foothill community:

Suicidal statements or self-harming behavior

Dangerous behavior or threats of dangerous behavior toward others (including disclosure or witness of domestic /relationship violence)

Unusual changes in the individual's behavior or appearance

Significant changes in attendance or academic performance

Disproportionate responses to stress including outbursts or aggressive statements

Unusual focus on violence or morbidity

Increasing isolation

Significant personal issues/crisis

Other behaviors that you feel are out of the ordinary for the individual

A new electronic reporting system is being implemented to support BIT.  

To submit a report now please click on a form below:

• Maxient Incident Report
  
  

The individual's name and if available, ID number

Factual information about the situation

Names and contact information of witnesses

Any photographs or video recordings of the incident

BIT holds confidential, weekly meetings. In those meetings we use a protocol to determine the appropriate action steps. Those steps may include a number of the following:

The individual of concern may be contacted by a member of BIT to facilitate connections with resources such as counseling, financial aid, health and wellness, social agencies or legal advice

BIT may determine that the individual of concern need not be contacted because an action plan is already in place and functioning

A member of BIT may contact the reporting party to provide resources that the reporting party can share with the individual of concern (this would only happen if the reporting party has expressed an interest in participating in the conversation with the individual of concern)

The individual of concern may be referred to and contacted by the Dean of Student Affairs for the purposes of developing a behavioral agreement

When appropriate and in compliance with privacy policies, a member of BIT may contact the reporting party to provide an update on actions taken.

BIT will review the report to determine if an actual threat does exist and if so, what level of risk may be presented. We will then recommend the appropriate actions and resources for the situation and the individual. If direct contact with the individual is appropriate, a member of BIT will reach out, in-person if possible. BIT will work with the individual to schedule any suggested or mandated sessions. In the unlikely, but possible case of involuntary hospitalization, BIT will work with external agencies and campus personnel to determine under what conditions the individual is permitted to return to campus.

BIT will always strive to help the individual in a proactive and positive manner while maintaining a safe and supportive educational environment for all.