Mental Health & Substance Abuse Resources

Resource Numbers:

American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry

American Foundation Suicide Prevention

American Psychiatric Association

Emergency Suicide Number--254-752-3451
Toll Free Number--1-866-752-3451
American Association of Suicidality--1-800-273-8255

Community Assistance Resource Line 1-888-881-2323 or TEXAS 1-877-778-2275

DePaul Center, 301 Londonderry Drive, Waco, TX 76712 Phone: 254-776-5970
(Child/Adolescent, Adult and Senior psychiatrict treatment, Adult chemical dependency, Depression, Bipolar)

DSHS Crisis Hotline
Department of State Health Services (Texas) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

National Association of School Psychologists

National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7 1-800-273-TALK (8255)
Connects the caller to certified help from nearest crisis center

National Suicide Statistics at a Glance

Texas Education Code

Texas Council of Community Mental Health and Mental Retardation
MHMR Center Directory


Teen Suicide Prevention Symposium

The Trevor Helpline 1-800-850-8078 n
National 24-hour toll-free suicide prevention hotline aimed at gay or questioning youth .

Index:

Attention Deficit Disorder

Bullying in Schools

Center for Health and Health Care in Schools- Mental Health in School

Character Education-Jim Lord

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Children's Mental Health Awareness

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Crisis Intervention Plan

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Choking Game

The Choking Game is causing death and suffering to families around the world.  It is a “cheap” high in place of drugs and/or alcohol.  Children are suffering permanent brain damage and/or dying.

Warning Signs of children trying the choking game:
Sudden bruises or marks around your child’s neck|
Ropes, belts or other materials seemingly showing up without reason in your child’s possession
Your child starts spending more time alone behind closed doors

Resources:

Dating Violence
Dating Violence District Policy Templates

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Department of State Health Services (Texas) Mental Health and Substance Abuse Services

DSHS Coalitions for Region 12 School Districts

  • Bell: Central Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 202 E Beeline Lane, Harker Heights, TX 76548 254-690-4455

DSHS Organizations providing Programs to Schools

  • Central Texas Council on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse, 202 E Beeline Lane, Harker Heights, TX 76548 254-690-4455 Jan Moffit, Executive Director

DSHS Mental Health and Substance A buse Information Center/RADAR State Center

  • Mim Martinez McKay, Director
    Christopher Cregeen, Librarian
    909 W 45th., Mail Code 2083
    Austin, TX 78751
    866-378-8440 ext 2610
    FAX: 361-888-7992
    E-mail: mimi.mckay@dshs.state.tx.us
    E-mail: chris.cregeen@dshs.state.tx.us
    Web Page: http://www.dshs.state.tx.us/sa

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Dealing with feelings about diabetes

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Helping Homeless Students

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Prevention Resource Center Region 7 goal is to increase the effectiveness and visibility of prevention education materials and resources and to coordinated minors and tobacco strategies within the region. (Library, Clearinghous, Regional Training Coordination, Tobacco Information and Education, Red Ribbon Campaign, Web site, Newsletter)

Project Respect (HIV prevention counseling intervention)

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The Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide from South Florida University

School Based Youth Suicide Prevention Order Form
"The Youth Suicide Prevention School-Based Guide is designed to provide accurate, user-friendly information. The Guide is not a program but a tool that provides a framework for schools to assess their existing or proposed suicide prevention efforts (through a series of checklists) and provides resources and information that school administrators can use to enhance or add to their existing program."

For More Information regarding Guide, contact Steve Roggenbaum (e-mail)

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Suicide/Mental Health Resources and Links

Suicide School Based Prevention Toolkits and/or Guides

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Suicide Resources

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Survey Finds Wide Range of School Mental Health Services
Suicide & Mental Health Web site Links

Online Training Tools

Online video: Perspectives: Addressing Suicide Issues for Children and Youth in Foster Care, was created by USF’s Florida's Center for the Advancement of Child Welfare Practice. A short 22 minute video with a suicide expert, foster parent, and a teen discussing suicide prevention, warning signs, and safety planning.

Online Learning in Children's Mental Health A recent presentation of mine to Florida’s National Alliance on Mental Illness, Warning Signs of Children and Adolescents at Risk for Suicide was video taped and is being uploaded as a free “public access”

Online Suicide Prevention Training program was designed with involuntary assessment staff (in Florida they are called Baker Act facility staff) as the major audience, however a number of the modules have applicability to a more general population.
Suicide prevention training modules cover the following topics:

  1. Background with statistics and definitions,
  2. Risk Factors,
  3. Warning Signs,
  4. Protective Factors,
  5. Safety Planning,
  6. Environmental Safety Factors,
  7. Risk Assessment, and
  8. five vignettes to help the learner interact with and integrate the information presented.
  9. A quiz is presented to assist with a review of the material and a list of resources is presented for further exploration of suicide and suicide prevention. The Suicide Prevention Training program is a great orientation to the topic and can be experienced in about an hour. A certificate of completion is available and arrangements can also be made for obtaining continuing education credit.
    Existing users just log in and can navigate to the new course. New users just need to register and can navigate to the course once they are sent their ID and password.

Other Mental Health Resources

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Safe and Drug Free Resources

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Sexting
Office of Attorney General of Texas


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The Junior League of Waco & Education Service Center Region 12 collaborate

Annual Teen Suicide Prevention Symposium

5th Annual Suicide Symposium February 4, 2010

4th Annual Teen Suicide Symposium January 30, 2009

Handouts from Terry Wise-4th Annual Teen Suicide Symposium

Handouts for GASP
Tobacco & Drug Resources

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DSHS Activities

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