KPU’s Behaviour Intervention Team (BIT)

The BIT is where you consult / report about student behaviours that are concerning, particularly when these behaviours are causing disruption. To access the BIT please contact the Student Rights & Responsibilities Office.
 

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More About the BIT:
The BIT is a multi-disciplinary team responsible for identifying, assessing, and responding to concerns and/or disruptive behaviours by students who struggle academically, emotionally, or psychologically, or who present a risk to the health or safety of the university or its members.
 
The BIT’s main goal is to connect students of concern with the appropriate services for their unique situation, and within the limits of its expertise, while striving to ensure the KPU Community continues to be a safe environment where people can reach their academic and personal potential. The BIT endeavours to strike a balance between the needs of the student they are working with and the needs of the community.
 
The BIT is a recommending body. It makes recommendations for appropriate student support services and, where necessary, further investigation and action under KPU Policy ST7, Student Conduct, and/or referral of cases for threat assessment; e.g., to KPU’s Threat Assessment Team [TAT], law enforcement, external consultant(s) etc. The BIT connects and coordinates information from multiple sources related to problematic behaviours involving one or more students. The BIT receives information in various ways, most often through the Student Rights and Responsibilities Office.
 
The BIT provides advice and support to faculty and staff who are handling situations involving students demonstrating behaviours of concern.
 
The BIT employs a case management approach to provide students with a coordinated and consistent response. When appropriate, the BIT works collaboratively with the student to develop a care plan that is focused on achieving defined goals and outcomes.
 
Membership:
The current members of BIT were selected based on the roles/functions of their primary duties. Core Membership typically consists of:
  • Director, Student Rights and Responsibilities (Chair)
  • Student Rights and Responsibilities Liaisons
  • Director, Counselling and Accessibility Services
  • Manager, Campus Security Operations
  • Director, Global Engagement
  • Associate VP, Student Affairs
Core members will appoint alternates as they deem necessary. In addition to core members and depending on the case other KPU areas may be consulted including but not limited to:
  • Senior Leadership
  • VP Students
  • HR / OH&S
  • General Counsel
  • Privacy
  • Risk and Security
  • Media and Communications
When required, the BIT will seek the assistance of external community resources such as law enforcement, mental health organizations, and others as deemed appropriate. The BIT will periodically review its membership to ensure the purpose and responsibilities of BIT are being met. A member of the BIT will remove themselves from interviews and assessments if there is a perceived or real conflict of interest.
 
The BIT meets regularly (at least monthly and often twice per month) with the goal of reducing information silos across the institution and connecting individuals of concern with the necessary resources to be successful and safe within the institutional community.
 

SUPPORT RESOURCES for INDIVIDUALS EXPERIENCING DISTRESS and/or a CHALLENGE

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EMERGENCY CONTACTS
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KPU RESOURCES
  • Behaviour Intervention Team srr@kpu.ca *
  • Occupational Health and Safety kpu.ca/hr/ohs *
  • Resources for Current Students
  • Call 604 599 2828 to book an appointment with: *
    • KPU Academic Advising
    • KPU Accessibility Services
    • KPU Counselling
(*Available Monday to Friday during business hours)
 
KWANTLEN STUDENT ASSOCIATION (KSA) RESOURCES  kusa.ca
COMMUNITY RESOURCES
  • bc211 bc.211.ca Call or Text 211. Interpretation is available in over 240 languages when you call 211 on your phone. You can use this 24/7 resource to find resources in addition to the ones listed below. The community resources listed below are not exhaustive. 
CRISIS LINES
  • Vancouver Coastal Regional Distress Line 604-872-3311
  • BC Mental Health & Crisis Response / no area code needed 310-6789
  • KUU-US Indigenous Crisis Line BC Wide Toll Free 1-800-588-8717
  • Métis Crisis Line: 1-833-MétisBC (1-833-638-4722)
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