JCC's Behavior Intervention Team
The JCC Behavior Intervention Team (BIT) is comprised of JCC faculty, staff, and administrators that include: Student Affairs, Counseling, Health Services, Safety, and Buildings & Grounds. They meet biweekly to: discuss behavioral incidents and concerns occurring on campus; to discuss, plan, and implement intervention strategies; and provide consultation to the Vice President of Student Affairs regarding students who are at risk of concern. Additional meetings may be scheduled if needed. To respect confidentiality meetings will be closed to the college community.
Members come to the team with experience in managing health, behavior, and safety aspects of the College experience and may therefore spot trends and set up early intervention services as they evaluate behaviors from a variety of college perspectives.
The team is a resource for JCC faculty and staff to report student behaviors of concern. Its intent is to provide early support and intervention to students, but not to stigmatize them or enable profiling. In addition, it is meant to assist students to receive needed accommodations, assist with academic stressors, and to increase and enhance opportunities for student success. In some cases there may be no violation of campus rules, as such, but the behavior may evoke alarm or concern among involved persons. The team creates an approach that integrates information among offices and takes advantage of the strengths and valuable services that various departments provide. The team provides an early intervention resource for JCC faculty, staff, and students to consult on student behaviors of: distressing, disruptive, or threatening behaviors of concern.
What you can do to support BIT
You are BIT's best resource because you may be familiar to the student.
- BIT referral form
- If you are comfortable doing so, tell the student that you are concerned and ask if they are ok. In many cases, students will indicate that they could use some help and you can refer them to JCC's Counseling and Career Center on the Cattaraugus County Campus 716.376.7508, Jamestown Campus 716.338.1007, or North County Center at 716.363.6527.