THE NATIONAL CENTER FOR HIGHER EDUCATION RISK MANAGEMENT

   NCHERM NEWSLETTER -- WINTER 2010

The sections in this newsletter include:

• NEWS FROM NCHERM
• UPCOMING WEBINARS AND SEMINARS
• NCHERM 2010 CAMPUS VISITS
• BMHCT -- THE BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION TEAM
• FREE WHITEPAPER

1.  NEWS FROM NCHERM

• NCHERM consultants visited 154 college and university campuses in 2009.  Thank you for continuing to value our expertise and services.

• FREE.  FREE.  FREE.  Just a reminder that NCHERM gives away its models and intellectual property for free.  If you want to hire us to consult with you on implementation or training, we're happy to do it, but you don't need to pay to access our work product.   To help you in this time of tight budgets, we've added content and made our free models easier to find on our website. To access the Free Models and Protocols page, click here. 

• Red Flags Rule Compliance is required by June 1.  Is your campus doing what it needs to do to protect students from identity theft?  NCHERM Partner Saunie Schuster is our resident Red Flags expert, and has developed a four-day implementation consulting package to get you ready by the June 1 enforcement deadline.  Email Client Relations Coordinator Samantha Dutill for more details.

• NCHERM was a sponsor at the 2010 Community College Legal Issues Conference in Orlando.  This is a great event for those NCHERM clients who are community colleges.  NCHERM Partners Brett Sokolow and Saunie Schuster presented on the opening and closing town hall panels, as well as presenting a pre-con and two concurrent sessions. 

• Dr. Leah Hollis joined the NCHERM Client Relations team in January.  Welcome Dr. Hollis!  NCHERM is also enjoying the hard work of two graduate interns, Troy Talkington of Loyola University of Chicago and Justin Ellis of Texas A&M. 

• NCHERM Partner W. Scott Lewis, J.D. has assumed the Presidency of ASCA, the Association for Student Conduct Administrators.  Congrats Scott!  One of his top priorities for 2010 is to grow the ACSA membership.  We encourage NCHERM clients who are not involved in ASCA to become members this year!

• NCHERM is pleased to announce that it has become a Titanium Sponsor of IACLEA.  This relationship reflects the growing importance of campus law enforcement to the threat assessment models elaborated by NCHERM.       More details are posted here.

• NCHERM is now offering Behavioral Intervention Team formation and training consultation.  Training is available in 1-4 day formats.  We offer training that focuses on basic team formation as follows:

- Team Formation and Operation

- Team Protocol Development

- Intervention Best Practices

- Team Communication and Privacy Issues

 We also offer training that focuses on advanced skills, such as:

- Mental Health Law and Suicidality

- Threat Assessment

- Table Top Exercises

- Advanced Risk Mitigation and Integration Topics

Please contact Kate Halligan, NCHERM’s Director of Client Relationships at (610) 579-3725 or kate@ncherm.org for more information.

• What is our most popular workshop?  Preventing and Responding to Disruptive Students, a seminar that can be presented for faculty, staff or both by NCHERM Partner W. Scott Lewis, J.D. in 2 hour, half-day, full-day and two-day versions.  More details are posted here.

• What is our most popular prevention program?  Drunk Sex or Date Rape:  Can You Tell the Difference?  This program has been presented by Brett Sokolow on more than 1,800 college campuses.  The program can be presented with a new bystander empowerment component that enhances the primary prevention efficacy of this program.  More details, click here.

• Introducing the NCHERM Recession-Friendly Retainer.  We have adjusted our retainer program to help meet your needs in an environment of potentially more limited resources.  With our recession-friendly retainers, you’ll have access to our expertise by phone, email and fax any time you need it for an entire year.  For more detail, click here.

2.  UPCOMING WEBINARS AND SEMINARS

2/22/10 and 2/23/10 - Operating a Behavioral Intervention Team: An Advanced Approach - A REGIONAL SEMINAR featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. Co-sponsored by Peninsula College in partnership with the Center of Excellence in Homeland Security at Pierce College.  Hosted at Oakbrook Golf & Country Club, Lakewood, WA. 9:00am to 5:00pm PST. Register online here.

2/25/10 - Conducting Rights & Compliance Audits: Implementing Results - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., and W. Scott Lewis, J.D.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EST.  Click here to register.

3/16/10 - The Perfect Storm: Understanding and Managing Millennials - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR all-day rebroadcast featuring W. Scott Lewis, J.D. Click here to register.

3/25/10 - Best Practices in Risk Management for Student Affairs - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, Esq., and Saundra K. Schuster, Esq.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EST.  Click here to register.

4/22/10 - Legal Primer for New Academic Administrators - An NCHERM/MAGNA ONLINE WEBINAR featuring Brett A. Sokolow, J.D. and W. Scott Lewis, J.D.  1:00pm to 2:30pm EDT.  Click here to register.

NOW AVAILABLE

Campus Safety 101 -- New Online Course

NCHERM and MAGNA Publications are pleased to announce the release of Campus Safety 101.  This new 6-part online course is designed for faculty, staff and administrators and their role in identifying troubled students, getting them the help they need, and protecting the campus community.  Campus Safety 101 is innovative, affordable, and interactive.  For details, click here.

3. NCHERM 2010 CAMPUS VISITS

NCHERM consultants are already scheduled to visit 38 campuses this spring, and there are still six open dates for student programs during orientation.  Perhaps we might visit your campus if we'll be nearby?  The schedule of campus visits may be accessed by clicking here.  To schedule a visit, please contact Kate Halligan, NCHERM’s Director of Client Relationships at (610) 579-3725 or kate@ncherm.org. 

4.  BMHCT -- THE NCHERM BEHAVIORAL MENTAL HEALTH CONSULTATION TEAM

The NCHERM Behavioral Mental Health Consultation Team can be retained by your campus for year-round, 24/7 on-call case consultation.   The BMHCT is composed of the following five professionals:  

• Brian Van Brunt, Ed.D., Certified Forensic Counselor, Director of Counseling and Testing, Western Kentucky University

• Perry Francis, Ed.D., LPC, Associate Professor of Counseling/Coordinator of Counseling Service, COE Counseling Clinic, Eastern Michigan University 

• Mitchell Levy, Ph.D., L.M.H.C., Executive Director of the Center for Counseling, Advising, and Academic Support, LaGuardia Community College

• Mocha Dyrud, Ph.D., Asst. Professor of Psychology, Northern Virginia Community College

• Carolyn Reinach Wolf, Esq., Mental Health Law expert, President of Campus Behavioral Health Risk Consultants  

The team is available 24/7 to consult with campus behavioral intervention and threat assessment teams on case management.   The BMHCT mental health professionals are not available for clinical therapy or assessment with students, but are intended to help inform teams that need diagnostic, forensic, behavioral, psychiatric, pharmacological and related advice.  Read more about the BMHCT here.

5.  FREE WHITEPAPER

As with every issue of the NCHERM Newsletter, we provide you with what we hope is a thought-provoking article.  Please use this link to access the 2010 NCHERM Whitepaper entitled Gamechangers: Reshaping Campus Sexual Misconduct Through Litigation by NCHERM Partners Brett A. Sokolow, J.D., Saundra K. Schuster, J.D., and W. Scott Lewis, J.D. 

Thanks for reading!  We hope you have a great spring.  Please do not hesitate to call on NCHERM if you need us.

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