Following Up: What Can You Expect?

Once you have connected the student with a service, you might be curious about how things are going. You can follow-up with the student by asking how they are doing – this communicates your ongoing concern/care for the student and lets them know that you also continue to be a resource, if that is a role you are comfortable fulfilling. Keep in mind that change is a process and usually it is a slow and variable one. Therefore, it may be useful for you to share this with the student and to keep this in mind yourself as you look for the student’s improvement. You likely cannot follow-up with the service to see how the student is doing, however, because the principles of confidentiality.