If you are concerned about a student, employee or other individual for any reason, please consider making a BTAT referral — this is the centralized reporting system at MSU.
The Behavioral Intervention Team (BIT) is a multidisciplinary team whose purpose is to identify “students of concern” and to provide them with coordinated early interventions, resources and wrap-around care. “Students of concern” are students who are in distress emotionally and/or whose behavior has been significantly disruptive, problematic or concerning. This includes students about whom you have concerns regarding non-emergency mental health, absenteeism, potential substance abuse, etc. BIT’s goals include:
- Provide early, prompt, effective and coordinated intervention regarding students of concern
- Deploy resources as necessary and coordinate follow-up with students of concern
- Provide a point of communication on behalf of the University for students who left the University in crisis and are returning to University housing
- Identify students who are potentially threatening to themselves or others in order to refer those students to the Behavioral Threat Assessment Team (BTAT) and/or provide appropriate intervention
You can make a referral to BTAT, and they will determine whether the referral will be routed to the BIT, or other resource on campus.
You can make a referral by:
- Telephone: 517-355-2222
- Email: btat@police.msu.edu
- Web Form: http://btat.msu.edu/referral-form/
