STUDENT COUNSELING CENTER
CONTACT PERSON
Director: Doug Steele, MA
e-mail:
dsteele@lcsc.edu
Office: RCH 111
Phone: 792-2211
Fax:
792-2453
Web:
http://www.lcsc.edu/osl
OVERVIEW
The Office of Student Counseling assists and supports
students. Student Counseling focuses on the student’s emotional
and physical well being by providing services such as personal
counseling, health care assistance and disabled student
services.
COUNSELING SERVICES
The
counseling office provides short-term developmental and
preventive assistance for both full and part-time students at
LCSC. At any age, adjustment to college represents a major life
transition. Counseling is a learning process that assists
students in taking responsibility for their lives and education.
Counselors are available to assist students with a variety of
personal and mental health issues, which may impede academic
progress and personal growth. Topical groups are offered for
students based on need. Topics include dealing with loss,
anxiety reduction, stress management, career/life planning, and
developing social/emotional skills. All information discussed
with counselors is kept strictly confidential. The department
adheres to the American Counseling Association code of ethics.
DISABILITY SERVICES
The Office for Disability
Services establishes a campus environment that is accessible to
students with disabilities. The coordinator will meet with each
student (who self-identifies) to assess the effects of the
student’s disability on the educational process. Students must
provide documentation of their disability. Reasonable
accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.
Disability Services seeks to sensitize faculty and staff to the
needs of students with disabilities. Some of the services
available are: physical accessibility accommodation, academic
adjustments, auxiliary aids, information on taped texts, and
assistance with note-taking, readers and sign language
interpreters as needed. Students are strongly
encouraged to
identify themselves before arrival on campus and to make an
appointment to discuss documentation and services. All
information will be kept confidential unless a release of
information is signed by the student.
HEALTH SERVICES
CONTACT PERSON
Coordinator: Anna Waldher, RN
e-mail: ajwaldher@lcsc.edu
Office: SGC 42
Phone: 792-2251
Fax: 792-2882
Web: http://www.lcsc.edu/osl/health
OVERVIEW
Student Health Services (SHS) provides basic health care needs,
working collaboratively with students to achieve basic physical,
behavioral and emotional health; keeping them in the classroom
moving toward their graduation goal. In order to achieve this goal;
students will learn that they must take responsibility for their own
health for both short and long term success.
SERVICES
All LCSC students are eligible to utilize services at Student Health
Services and Student Life. Students DO NOT need to be enrolled
in the Student Health Insurance Program (SHIP) to utilize either
of the two above services.
All services are available by appointment; although, walk-ins are
welcome. Hours of operation are 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m. and 1:00
to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Friday. Summer hours are 8 a.m. to
12 p.m. and 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. Monday through Thursday and 8 a.m.
to 12 p.m. on Fridays. Student Health Services is open 12 months
out of the year and is closed on holidays.
FEES
There is a flat fee for each office visit with the health care practitioner
(MD/NP). There are charges for any additional testing ordered by
providers. All fees are due at the time of a scheduled appointment;
for emergencies, payment arrangements are available but all accounts
must be paid in full by the end of the semester. All outstanding
accounts will result in a hold being be placed on the student account
until paid in full (can not register, receive diploma, etc). There are
minimal fees to see the registered nurses. All services and fees are
subject to change each academic year.
REQUIRED HEALTH INSURANCE & STATE STUDENT HEALTH PLAN (SHIP)
SHIP is an Idaho State Board of Education mandate requiring fullfee paying
students (enrolled in 12 or more credits per semester) to have
health insurance. These students are automatically enrolled in
the SHIP and will not be required to complete insurance forms.
The cost of SHIP is added directly to the Student Fees.
SHIP brochures are available by contacting the LCSC center in
Coeur d’Alene, Student Health Services at the Lewiston Campus,
or at the LCSC Student Health web site: www.lcsc.edu/osl/inshealth.
They may also be accessed by going to renstudent.com.
Go to the student link and find your college (Lewis-Clark State
College) and click on the 2009-2010 Student Health Insurance Plan brochure.
Students who currently have medical insurance or are covered by
a spouse’s or parent’s insurance may waive SHIP. To waive SHIP,
students log on to the Student Health website located above and
click on “SHIP Rates and Coverage.” Students should compare their
present health insurance policy against the plan coverage of SHIP.
If their present plan is comparable in covered services, payment for
those services and their plan pays for services rendered in Idaho, they
may begin the waiver process. The waiver form must be completed
and submitted on Warrior Web by the fifth day of each semester.
Students can access the waiver by going to the student menu and
clicking the Student Health Insurance Waiver. Only waivers received
through the Warrior Web before fifth day will be accepted.
Students enrolled in less than 8 credits are not eligible to participate
in SHIP and are NOT required to submit a waiver.
HOW SHIP WORKS
Full time students enrolled in SHIP have the option of adding a
spouse and/or child(ren) to SHIP. This may be done by obtaining
a SHIP brochure and completing the registration form located in
the brochure. The completed registration form and payment must
be returned to the Controller’s Office before the fifth day of a term.
Students enrolled in SHIP are encouraged to use Student Health
Services during office hours. Students must contact Student Health
Services within 72 hours of receiving medical care from other health
care providers to receive a waiver for the $250 deductible. For all
emergencies (unconscious, bleeding following accident, etc) students
should proceed to the closest emergency facility. Students or their
representatives must notify Student Health by calling 792-2251,
after they are stabilized in the ER. Non-emergent ER visits will be
charged the $200 plus the $250 deductible for each unauthorized
non-emergent ER visit before SHIP will pay for covered services
at 80%.
All international students attending Lewis-Clark State College,
on a nonimmigrant visa with LCSC as the sponsoring institution,
regardless of the number of credit hours they are enrolled in, are
required to purchase the Lewis-Clark State College Student Health
Insurance Plan (SHIP). Students who are studying outside the US
through a LCSC program are not required to purchase LCSC SHIP.
International students are informed of the insurance requirements,
coverage and estimated costs on the I-20 immigration form prior
to the issuance of a visa.
CONFIDENTIALITY
All patient/student information is confidential. Student Health is a
FERPA compliant service; information in students’ medical charts is
viewed only by health care providers involved directly in the plan of
care for each individual. The student must provide written permission
to the staff in Student Health Services authorizing release of any
medical information to anyone other than those professionals
directly involved in the plan of care. All information provided to
the medical or office staff is protected and confidential.
