Texans Can Academies Introduces 24/7 Counseling Services to Support the Emotional and Mental Health of Their Students
DALLAS – Texans Can Academies have implemented student counseling services for students at all of their 13 campuses located across the state in Austin, Dallas, Fort Worth, Houston and San Antonio to help high school students with depression, mental illness, and other issues receive the help they need. Texans Can Academies’ students are now able to call a telephone number 24-hours, seven days a week year-round for emergencies or to schedule off-campus counseling appointments. Texans Can Academies covers the cost of the services making it possible for their students to receive confidential, complimentary crisis intervention help.
Texans Can Academies’ student counseling services allow enrolled students to make appointments at a private clinic office via a mobile app or receive help by calling the toll-free number exclusive to their students at any time for emergencies or when a student just needs to talk about an issue. Services are confidential and free for students. Texans Can Academies will not receive any information about who uses the program or why. The access of services is meant to help students with any difficulties they may be going through and support them in their success. Up to three counseling appointments are available for each different problem a student may have in one school year.
SAP / TS is the program manager and an affiliated company of Jorgensen Brooks Group (JBG), both Arizona firms. For 27 years, JBG customers have included colleges, school districts, counties, cities and towns, hospitals and other service groups.
Given the widespread mental health conditions and diagnosed clinical depression among teenagers, Texans Can Academies is proactively putting treatment options in place for students. “We see some of our students suffering daily from issues outside of school that affect their success in school,” said James Ponce, PhD, Chief of Schools for Texans Can Academies. “With the tragic outcomes we have been seeing across our nation among youth who could have possibly benefitted from mental health care, we decided to implement a program for our students to help them through their teenage years. We also wanted to remove the stigma of asking for help by making it easily and confidentially accessible. We encourage our kids to reach out for help with problems big and small.”
Written consent from a parent or legal guardian is required for students under the age of 18 years seeking to receive counseling services. All services are confidential in compliance with HIPAA regulations and State student requirements.
