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MENTAL HEALTH (PERSONAL) COUNSELING
Mental health (personal) counseling provided by a licensed professional counselor
(LPC) is available to enrolled students who are experiencing personal issues, test
anxiety, depression and other mental health struggles. Due to staff limitations,
personal counseling follows a brief therapy format; counseling visits are restricted
to three or fewer visits. Community referral is made for individuals requiring more
than three visits or for students demonstrating a need for resources that may be
provided by state and local service agencies. For more information regarding this
service, please contact the director of student success services/disability
services/LPC at the Cardinal Success Center in the Baugh Technology Center on the
Athens campus or call 903-675-6224.
TESTING
TEXAS SUCCESS INITIATIVE PROGRAM (TSI)*
The Texas Success Initiative (TSI) was mandated by Texas law and went into effect
in September of 2003. The purpose of TSI is to ensure that all students enrolling in
public higher education in Texas possess the academic skills needed to perform
effectively in college-level coursework. TSI includes a testing component designed
to identify and provide diagnostic information about the reading, writing and
mathematics skills of each student.
Students who do not receive the minimum required score on an approved TSI
assessment are required to enroll in developmental courses or participate in other
activities designed to assist the students in overcoming the academic deficiencies
identified by that assessment.
The state approved assessment instrument is the TSI Assessment.
ASSESSMENT AND PLACEMENT OF STUDENTS
Prior to registering for coursework, students must submit official test scores on an
approved Texas Success Initiative (TSI) test unless the student meets one of the TSI
exemptions. Approved TSI tests are the THEA, THEA Q-T, COMPASS, ASSET and
ACCUPLACER. Students who do not receive the minimum required test scores will
be required to enroll in developmental courses and remain in those courses until
passing test scores in each area (reading, writing and math) are received or until the
developmental course sequence in each area has been successfully completed.
Students who complete the TSI assessment and meet the minimum benchmarks in
effect on the date of testing will be designated as TSI complete in that area. These
scores will remain valid for course placement for a period of five years from the date
of testing.
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