UWC-USA is committed to supporting student wellbeing throughout their two-year experience. Among other policies, we maintain a comprehensive suicide prevention and intervention policy, which can be accessed in full here. We recognize that ensuring student safety is a shared responsibility among the school, parents, guardians, and national committees as we work together in the education and care of our students. As a part of our application process and at the start of each year, we request the disclosure of mental health histories from students and their parents, including current and past treatments and medications.

The purpose of this policy is to ensure that suicide assessment, intervention, prevention and related documentation are understood, promoted, and practiced as a vital part of student wellbeing at UWC-USA. UWC-USA students come from a variety of backgrounds and geographies with differing understandings and experiences of wellbeing, mental health, depression, crisis, trauma, self-harm and suicidality. Our policy seeks to provide clear guidance to the Health Team and all employees, students and families regarding assessment, prevention, intervention and documentation steps to be utilized when a student expresses suicidal ideation, suicidal intent or behavior at UWC-USA.

To read our Student Social and Emotional Wellbeing Monitoring Policy, please click here.