Behavioral Intervention Teams: 20 Frequently Asked Questions

Behavioral Intervention Teams, BITs, are being implemented at colleges and universities to help maintain a healthy and safe environment for all students, faculty and staff.

They are specifically being used to help institutions identify early warning signs for incidents that include campus shootings, suicide attempts, and alcohol and drug abuse.

However, while the rationale for a BIT is clear enough, establishing and operating a BIT effectively is dependent on understanding and properly managing a wide range of factors.

Nationally recognized experts on campus safety, security and high-risk student health and safety issues, Brett Sokolow, J.D., and W. Scott Lewis, J.D., provide you with valuable information on emerging trends and best practices in the formation and operation of successful BITs in this 90 minute seminar.

Some of the key questions discussed:

1. Why do we need a BIT?
2. Who should be on our team?
3. Is there an ideal team size?
4. How often should the team meet?
5. What are BIT recordkeeping best practices?
6. What is the ideal function of a BIT?
7. Who performs actual interventions?
8. What should a BIT protocol include?
9. How formal should the BIT operations be?
10. How transparent should BIT operations be?
11. What should be reported to the BIT?
12. Who should report information to the BIT?
13. How should information be reported to the BIT?
14. What feedback should reporters receive from the BIT?
15. How should the BIT communicate with the campus, and about what?
16. What is the role of the counselor(s) on the BIT?
17. Who should chair the BIT?
18. What are post-intervention best practices?
19. How can a BIT foster a culture of reporting?
20. How does a BIT successfully address privacy/confidentiality concerns?

We also provide an opportunity to apply what you have learned in three table-top exercises that are short, hypothetical case studies that end with the question, “What should be done next?”.

Who will benefit:

• Presidents and boards of trustees
• Vice presidents of administration, business and finance
• Student affairs administrators
• Judicial administrators
• University legal counsel
• Risk managers
• Human resources staff
• Disability services personnel
• Residential life administrators
• Campus law enforcement
• Student activities and student development staff
• Student government representatives and leaders
• Campus ministry and clergy
• Facilities management staff
• Faculty
• Counseling services personnel
• Health services staff
• Campus crisis response teams
• Critical incident stress debriefing teams
• Behavioral intervention teams

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