2-hour recording of live online seminar available in CD or transcript format. Includes program handouts.

By participating in this seminar, you'll understand:
• How to distinguish a disruptive student from a student in distress, or from a student who has potential mental disorders
• When, where and how to confront distressed students
• When to call police or alert the counseling center
• How to respond to the fear being the target of a threat or retaliation
• The thresholds for removing students from class
• How the Americans with Disabilities Act and Section 504 protect students whose distress stems from disability
• When we can view class absenteeism as a component of a behavioral intervention model
• What constitutes appropriate statements for syllabi and housing contracts

Magna Publications is pleased to join with the National Center on Higher Education Risk Management in presenting this seminar.

Meet the presenters:

Brett A. Sokolow, J.D. is the President of NCHERM, a national multidisciplinary consulting firm dedicated to helping colleges and universities manage risk by advancing student health and safety. Sokolow is the author of ten books on student affairs law and policy topics. He is the Editor of the Report on Campus Safety and Student Development. He serves on the Board of Directors of the Council on Law in Higher Education (CLHE). He is Legal Issues Editor for and serves on the Editorial Advisory Board of CLHE’s Student Affairs Law & Policy Quarterly and the College and University Law Advisor published by the Civic Research Institute. Mr. Sokolow was called on for perspective after the Virginia Tech shootings by national media.

W. Scott Lewis, J.D. is the Asst. Vice Provost for Judicial Affairs and Academic Integrity at the University of South Carolina, as well as the Chair of the Behavioral Intervention Team. He also serves as the director of the National Student Exchange program. He also serves as clinical faculty for the College of Education and adjunct faculty for the Colleges of Political Science and Business. Scott has been teaching in the college classroom for over 15 years. He received his Bachelor of Science degree in Psychology and his Master of Science degree in Higher Education Administration from Texas A&M University in College Station, Texas. He received his law degree from the University of Houston Law Center in Houston, Texas.

The CD contains an audio presentation with PowerPoint and can be viewed on any standard computer equipped with Windows Media Player. Our CDs are not compatible with Macintosh computer systems.