Faculty & Staff: How to Refer A Student

Referring a Student for Counseling

The Counseling and Wellness Center resides in collaborating with faculty and staff inappropriately serving students in need of support and services. As you encounter distressed students in the classroom, office and/or on the campus setting, the following ‘Faculty/Staff Referral Guide’ and ‘Mental Health Crisis One-Pager Guide’ serve to assist faculty/staff in responding to distressed students or a student mental health crisis and facilitating a referral to the Counseling and Wellness Center. In addition, a referral form is now available for faculty/staff to submit the names, contact information, and nature of concern of students that you as a faculty/staff member would like to refer to the Counseling and Wellness Center. We encourage you as faculty/staff to utilize the Counseling and Wellness Center as a resource. Please review the contents of the following links to access the faculty/staff guides and submit a student referral to the Counseling & Wellness Center.

Faculty/Staff Referral Guide
Mental Health Crisis One Pager
Student Referral Form

The UDC Counseling & Wellness Center has adopted and wants to introduce you as faculty and staff to ‘Kognito’. Kognito is an online educational program designed to educate faculty, staff, and students about mental health. Each simulation exercise in Kognito allows the user to practice conversations that help students build resilience, strengthen relationships, and develop connections with campus resources. Through role-play, users build knowledge and skills around mental health and suicide prevention. Kognito is also designed to support the academic performance, student retention, and campus safety.

Faculty, staff, and students can create an account with Kognito and use the platform at any time. This program takes approximately 30 – 50 minutes to complete and may be repeated as desired. Discussion forums on the contents from this online training will be coordinated and offered throughout the UDC community starting shortly after the launch of the 2021-2022 academic year. Please stay tuned for communications and discussion forum event dates regarding Kognito.

There is an access point to Kognito for students and faculty/staff. Get Started as faculty/staff in accessing and completing the training by following the below instructions.

Get Started

Visit kognitocampus.com

• As a new user, choose “Click here” in the upper right-hand corner of the sign-in box to create your account.
• Enter your information in the pop-up window. (We request using your UDC email. You may choose any password.)
• Upon entering your account information, as a faculty or staff member, enter Enrollment Key “udcfaculty”.
• Click “Next Step” and follow the on-screen instructions to access the simulations page.