Performances + Events
The CARE Team
NEC’s Concern, Assessment, Response, Evaluation (CARE) Team provides coordinated support for students in distress.
CARE addresses concerns about student behavior, academic progress, and personal issues, including mental health concerns. The CARE Team gathers information from personal contact with students, faculty, staff, and family members, as well as from reports submitted by members of the community.
The CARE Team is committed to
- Identifying students of concern who are in need of extra support
- Assessing the most appropriate way to intervene and support a student
- Addressing student behaviors that impact our community
- Intervening so a student may achieve academic and personal success
- Balancing the needs of an individual student with the needs of the community
CARE
Make a Referral to CARE
To get in touch with CARE and make a report, please, email care.team@necmusic.edu.
Some behaviors that might warrant a referral to the CARE Team include, but are not limited to:
Potential Threat of Harm to Self or Others
- Identifying students of concern who are in need of extra support
- Assessing the most appropriate way to intervene and support a student
- Addressing student behaviors that impact our community
- Intervening so a student may achieve academic and personal success
- Balancing the needs of an individual student with the needs of the community
- Seeing violence as a desirable or acceptable way of solving problems
- Obsessive stalking or monitoring of others
Signs of emotional distress include
- Unusual changes in personality, eating, and sleeping patterns
- Increased isolation and social withdrawal
- Self-presentation as unkempt, irritable, or disconnected
- Behavior reflecting increased hopelessness or helplessness
- Inability to focus or concentrate
- Difficulty with memory or decision making
When would a referral to the CARE team not be appropriate?
- Emergency or imminent threat of harm to self or others
- Making direct threats to harm themselves and/or others
- Developing the capacity or means to carry out a plan to harm themselves and/or others
- Giving away possessions and saying goodbye (in person or via social media) to family and friends
What can you do instead?
- Immediately call NEC Public Safety at (617) 585-1777 or dial 9-1-1. The CARE Team does not respond to emergencies.
- Be prepared to provide clear details such as who, what, where, and when.
- Follow instructions provided by Public Safety or the Boston Police Department
