Writing a 'show cause' letter for uni?

[ellycat]

Does anyone have any help? I failed a class because of mental health issues

so far I have:

Quote:

I was unable to pass [class] because of mental health issues. I was experiencing suicidal thoughts and because of the hours of [clas] I was unable to see my therapist/psychiatrist. I have taken action to make sure that this doesn't happen again. I've talked about this incident with my therapist. We have taken multiple steps to rectify this so that it doesn't happen again. My medication has been increased, we are working hard on increasing my coping skills and my therapist has also arranged for me to be able to have skype appointments so I am able to attend my therapy sessions during my lunch break at pracitum. I've included a letter from my therapist, see attachment.

does that sound good? is there anything else I should add?

anyone else had to do this?

[Too Shy]

That sounds ok, it's good that you've attached the letter from your therapist as evidence and have stated the actions you're taking to ensure that the same doesn't happen again.

My university's procedures are different (in that you don't really 'fail a class'), but I have had to submit extentuating circumstances both for an exam I took but didn't manage to focus on well (family problems) and for missing an exam due to being in hospital, and I think what you've written sounds fine based on that.

Is there anything that that the school/college/university could support you with that you could ask them for? E.g. sessions with a mentor/support person, any study help, recording of classes, anything like that to help you keep on track of things?

[Pi.R^2]

What were the instructions for writing the letter? Just might be helpful to evaluate what they were asking for, to check you've ticked all the boxes!

[ellycat]

all they said was 'listing extenuating circumstances and how they will be resolved.'


which i have done, but it seems a bit short, i feel

[random.swirls]

It strikes me you have put a lot into why it won't happen but very little about what happened! Do you gave a diagnosis? How did being suicidal impact on your class? How did it impact on you failing the class etc.