The Office of Advocacy Forms:
Before meeting with the Advocate, our office asked that each client complete several pieces of paperwork to help our office begin your case.
The Intake Form:
On the intake form you will first find a small section of questions on your personal and contact information. Further down you will also need to fill out information specific to your issue including a very brief summary and parties related to the matter. The intake form used in our office is meant to serve two purposes:to be a means to gain the initial information needed to understand your case and also to collect data in our office on the demographics of our clients to help us better serve the OSU community. The intake form serves as a first step to helping the Office of Advocacy assist OSU students with on-campus conflicts.
Timeline:
Our office has created a timeline template that we ask each client to fill out prior to meeting with the Advocate; this is required before the first appointment. The timeline simply asks to fill out, in chronological order, what has happened to lead up to you contacting our office. It is most helpful if you are able to provide as much detail as possible.
Related Documents:
When getting ready for your first appointment with the advocate, we ask that you gather any documents related to your case. This could include test scores, e-mails, notes on a phone conversation, etcetera. If you’re not sure if a document could be useful go ahead and bring it in just to be on the cautious side. Our office uses these documents throughout your case as background information and a starting point for the assistance we will offer you.
Release of Information:
The release of information form does not need to be filled out for every client. Our general policy is to include a blank form in each file in case the need for one arises. A client will need to fill out a release of information form if the Advocate needs to discuss your case with a third party, for example your professor in the case of a grade dispute. When completing the release of information form you have the authority to name who will be allowed to discuss your information (usually the Advocate only) who the advocate can discuss your information with, what information is permissible to discuss and at what time your permission for this discussion expires. Our office protects full confidentiality of every client and does not permit this form to breech that confidentiality in any way.
Please contact us with any questions you may have about this document:
541-737-9200
133 Snell Hall