{"id":42,"date":"2020-11-13T11:51:53","date_gmt":"2020-11-13T17:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/redfolder\/?page_id=42"},"modified":"2026-04-17T13:10:32","modified_gmt":"2026-04-17T18:10:32","slug":"home","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/redfolder\/","title":{"rendered":"Responding to Students in Distress"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-row\">\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<p class=\"lead-in\">The Red Folder initiative is a guide to help UWM faculty, staff and other community members to recognize, respond effectively to, and refer distressed students.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"default\">This website is intended to help you to connect students with the most appropriate support resources, however you may also contact the Student Health and Wellness Center counseling staff for guidance and consultation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about how to support students in crisis, enroll in the <em>UW-System\u2019s Recognize, Respond,\u00a0Refer: Suicide Prevention Training for Faculty and Staff<\/em> online training. This asynchronous online\u00a0training\u00a0builds awareness, knowledge, and skills about mental health and suicide prevention and requires only about 45 minutes to complete. <a href=\"https:\/\/uws-td.instructure.com\/enroll\/DYJYD4\">Self-enroll in the Canvas course<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-col\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--gold uwm-u-mb-40\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center size-h5\" id=\"h-contact-the-student-health-amp-wellness-center\">Contact the Student Health &amp; Wellness Center<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-l-buttons--full\">\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"tel:414-229-7429\" rel=\"\">414-229-7429<\/a>\n\n\n\n<a class=\"uwm-c-button uwm-c-button--full uwm-u-mb-20\" href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/wellness\" rel=\"\">uwm.edu\/wellness<\/a>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"uwm-bg-gray uwm-u-py-80\"><div class=\"uwm-l-container--base uwm-l-container--overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center heading-separator uwm-u-text--center\" id=\"h-the-process\">The Process<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card-grid uwm-l-grid uwm-l-grid--equal-y uwm-l-grid--3\">\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5 uwm-c-link--arrow uwm-u-mb-0\" id=\"h-recognize\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/redfolder\/recognize\/\">Recognize<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Recognize the signs or indications that students may be in distress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5 uwm-c-link--arrow uwm-u-mb-0\" id=\"h-respond\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/redfolder\/respond\/\">Respond<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">How to respond to signs of distress.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"uwm-p-card uwm-p-card--white uwm-u-mb-40 uwm-p-card--shadow\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--body\"><div class=\"uwm-p-card--content\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading size-h5 uwm-c-link--arrow uwm-u-mb-0\" id=\"h-refer\"><a href=\"https:\/\/uwm.edu\/redfolder\/refer\/\">Refer<\/a><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"uwm-u-mt-10\">Consider the situation and determine the appropriate next steps and appropriate available resources.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":11,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"templates\/full-width.php","meta":{"footnotes":"","uwm_wg_additional_authors":[]},"class_list":["post-42","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v27.5 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Responding to Students in Distress - Red Folder Initiative<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Access UWM\u2019s Red Folder for quick guidance on supporting students in distress. 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