Editing Resident assistant (section)

=== Interpersonal ===
These duties deal with directly helping the residents as individuals. This requires the RA to know all the residents and be able to help each resident if they run into any problems with each other as well as with other things that may follow. Some problems could pertain to relationships, classwork, or institutional questions. The RA should have the skills to either assist the resident, or know of a resource that the resident can use to solve their problem.<ref name="The Resident Assistant">{{cite book
  | last = Blimling
  | first = Gregory
  | author-link = Gregory Blimling
  | title = The Resident Assistant
  | publisher = Kendall/Hunt Publishing Company
  | location = USA
  | year = 2003
  | pages = 5–6
  | isbn = 0-7872-9867-0 }}
</ref> A large portion of an RA's role is not to be the expert in supporting students with all of their needs, but rather to have the knowledge and ability to identify when a resident is in need of support and refer residents to other resources that can support them such as [[University counseling center|counselling services]], [[academic advising]], etc.