School Health, Safety, and Counseling Services
The School Health, Safety, and Counseling Services Team includes includes consultants for School Counseling, School Health, and School Safety as well as a School Safety Program Manager, a Project AWARE consultant, and a Behavioral Health Partnership Program Liaison from the Center for Health Care Services. They work closely together to provide training and resources that support the physical and mental wellness of all students in schools that are safe and healthy.
Youth Mental Health First Aid
Mental Health First Aid is an international training program that has proven to be effective through peer-reviewed and evidence-based research. Youth Mental Health First Aid teaches you how to identify, understand, and respond to signs of mental illness and substance use disorders in youth. This course is free through your Local Mental Health Authority (LMHA). To bring the Youth MHFA course to your campus or re-certify previously trained staff in the new curriculum, please contact your LMHA MHFA Coordinator. MHFA Coordinator contact information can be found in the flyer below. Youth Mental Health First Aid is listed on Governor Abbott's School Safety Initiative.
Texas Health and Human Services Commission School Mental Health Supports
This interactive map allows districts to identify their ESC as well as their Local Mental Health Authority (LMHA). By clicking the photo below, you will be redirected to the website of the interactive map.
The Texas Education Code §38.351 requires the Texas Education Agency, in coordination with the Health and Human Services Commission and regional education service centers, to provide and annually update a list of recommended best practice-based programs and research-based practices for implementation in public elementary, junior high, middle, and high schools within the general education setting. Each school district may select from the list of programs appropriate for implementation in the district.
