I am the Freshmen Instructor as well as the Student Services Cordinator at my school. When students first begin in my class their excited, there adrenaline is pumping. Usually about two to three weeks later is when I discover the problems. The students whom have adapted to school well are those who do not have the problems I am going to mention, but the well adapted students are having a hard time dealing with this group. Mental illness, drug and/or alcohol abuse, living in a highly dysfunctional home. How do I deal with this and help my other students deal with this. It takes time to gain the trust of a student to either open up to you or to get them to open up. I can counsel most and give them solutions, and give them the proper tools. These are the first students to either have attendance problems and drop. They cannot or have a hard time adapting to a regulated life style. I can honestly say that during the admission process most of these students go un noticed ( I am not blaming admissions). So how do you know how to help and teach a student with these issues while keeping the rest of the students happy. Is this a complex issue or a normal issue? Kim