Your Partner in Well-being and Success
The Care Coordinator provides confidential, one-on-one support to help you navigate challenges and connect with the right resources.
How We Can Help
Here are some of the areas where we can provide support and guidance.
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Mental Health Support: Connecting you to counseling and wellness resources
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Physical Health Challenges: Navigating health services and academic accommodations
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Academic Stress: Finding Solutions for academic-related difficulties
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Personal & Family Crisis: Guidance through unexpected personal hardships
Meet your Care Coordinator
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Sharon West |
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Concerned about a student?
If you are worried about a student's well-being or have observed concerning behavior, let us know. Your report can be the first step in getting them the help they need.
Our Process
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A concern is reported via the online form.
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The Care Team confidentially reviews the submission.
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A Care Coordinator reaches out to the student to offer support.
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The student is connected with campus or community resources.
For immediate, life-threatening emergencies, please call 911 or Campus Police at (931) 221-7786 immediately.
Understanding Our Support Structure
Click on a topic below to learn more about the teams dedicated to student safety and success.
The Care Team is a group of trained professionals from across the university who work together to support students. When a concern is reported, this team collaborates to find the best way to help the student overcome challenges and succeed at APSU.
Key functions:
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Reviews Student of Concern reports confidentially.
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Connects students with resources like counseling, academic support, and health services.
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Creates a coordinated plan to address barriers to a student's success.
The BTAT is a specialized part of the Care Team that is specifically trained to assess and respond to any potential threats of violence on campus. The team's primary goal is to maintain a safe environment for all members of the APSU community through proactive and preventative measures.
This team is activated only when a situation involves a potential risk of harm to others, following national best practices to ensure a fair and safe resolution.
QPR stands for Question, Persuade, and Refer — three simple but powerful steps anyone can learn to help save a life from suicide. It is a nationally recognized program designed to empower our community to act and get help for someone in crisis.
In a QPR training session, you will learn:
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How to recognize the warning signs of a suicide crisis.
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How to ask someone about their thoughts of suicide.
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How to persuade them to accept help and refer them to the right resources.
This training is available to students, faculty, and staff. To learn more or sign up for a session, please contact Sharon West or Claudia Alonzo.
Crisis & Support Resources
Help is always available. Use these resources for immediate support
Phone numbers
On-Campus Support
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APSU Counseling Services: (931) 221-6162
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Student Health Services: (931) 221-7107
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Campus Police (24/7): (931) 221-7786
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Student Affairs: (931) 221-7341
24/7 National Hotlines
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Suicide & Crisis Lifeline: Dial 988
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Crisis Text Line: Text TN to 741741
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Veterans Crisis Line: (800) 273-8255 and Press 1
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The Trevor Project (LGBTQ+): (866) 488-7386