Mental & Behavioral Health

This mental health lunch and learn will be presented by ESC 6

This online session will meet on September 17, 2026 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm

This Amarillo College event will cover essential financial aid topics including the FAFSA, TASFA, grants, and scholarships. An overview of the admission support Amarillo College can offer your students and updates on various academic programs will be included. Breakfast and lunch provided.

This sesion will meet on September 18, 2026 from 8:00 am to 2:00 pm at AC - west campus

Counselors are legally required to use the Texas Model to design a Comprehensive School Counseling Program designed to support all students. Through this secession, you will understand the components of the Texas Model, learn implementation strategies, and be provided with resources and tools to use the model to design a proactive and data-driven school counseling program.

This session will meet on September 23, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This ZOOM training given by our BHPP Liaison will cover prescription drug abuse and fentanyl and provide a comprehensive overview of these public health challenges. We will examine prescription drug abuse, focusing on misuse patterns, risk factors, and community impacts and also cover fentanyl's pharmacology and addiction risks, as well as the increase in overdoses and factors driving its misuse.

This online session will meet on September 23, 2026 from 9:00 am to 10:30 am.

Learn how to cultivate future-ready students, understand ACT test enhancements, align to the ACT College and Career Readiness Standards, gather insights for curriculum and instruction, and equip learners with practice resources. For counselors, college and career advisors, test coordinators, and school administrators.

This session will meet on September 29, 2026 from 9:00am to 12:00pm.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to empower anyone interacting with youth to help a youth who is experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or is in crisis. The course provides a 5-part action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. This course explains mental health challenges and equips learners to recognize signs and symptoms, to use mental health first aid in both non-crisis and crisis scenarios, and to practice self-care.

This session will meet on September 30, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This five lesson series is designed to help educators understand the effects of trauma on students and how to have a more trauma informed approach. We will dive into what trauma can look like, how the brain is affected by trauma, how to shift the focus, and implement techniques into the classroom. With a trauma informed approach you can focus on building a safe environment for students to learn and creating connections.

This online session will meet on September 30, 2026 from 8:00 am to 8:45 am.

This session will cover vaping prevention and how to incoprate activities into the classroom to talk about the dangers of vaping. We will also give information that edicators can implement to kick off Red Ribbon week.

This session will meet on October 7, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This session is designed to provide new school counselors with resources that will assist them in developing, managing, and implementing school counseling programs on their campus. Academic, career and personal/social components will be addressed in this session with time available for networking.

This session will meet on October 8, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This five lesson series is designed to help educators understand the effects of trauma on students and how to have a more trauma informed approach. We will dive into what trauma can look like, how the brain is affected by trauma, how to shift the focus, and implement techniques into the classroom. With a trauma informed approach you can focus on building a safe environment for students to learn and creating connections.

This online session will meet on October 14, 2026 from 8:00 am to 8:45 am.

This mental health lunch and learn will be presented by ESC 16

This online session will meet on October 15, 2026 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to empower anyone interacting with youth to help a youth who is experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or is in crisis. The course provides a 5-part action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. This course explains mental health challenges and equips learners to recognize signs and symptoms, to use mental health first aid in both non-crisis and crisis scenarios, and to practice self-care. This virtual session has 2 hours of REQUIRED pre-work. This pre-work is done online and is self-paced. **This training satisfies HB3, Sec. 22.904 - Mental Health Training requirement for all staff who regularly interact with students**

This online session will meet on October 16, 2026 from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm.

Join us for timely updates on College Board programs and services, so you’re ready to support your students for the school year. This includes information on AP courses and exams, resources for PSAT and SAT administration and student preparation, fee waivers, score report access, Big Future tools for college and career exploration, National Recognition Programs, CSS profile, and more.

This session will meet on October 20, 2026 from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.

This session provides a whole school approach to creating trauma sensitive schools by focusing on research and strategies to support practices for educator wellness and trauma-informed classrooms and campuses. The training is intended for ALL educators including those who directly support classroom teachers as well as both campus and district level administrators.

This session will meet on October 21, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This session will feature TPC and their support for adolescent mental health.

This online session will meet on October 22, 2026 from 9:00 am to 10:00 am.

This five lesson series is designed to help educators understand the effects of trauma on students and how to have a more trauma informed approach. We will dive into what trauma can look like, how the brain is affected by trauma, how to shift the focus, and implement techniques into the classroom. With a trauma informed approach you can focus on building a safe environment for students to learn and creating connections.

This online session will meet on October 28, 2026 from 8:00 am to 8:45 am.

This five lesson series is designed to help educators understand the effects of trauma on students and how to have a more trauma informed approach. We will dive into what trauma can look like, how the brain is affected by trauma, how to shift the focus, and implement techniques into the classroom. With a trauma informed approach you can focus on building a safe environment for students to learn and creating connections.

This online session will meet on November 4, 2026 from 8:00 am to 8:45 am.

This mental health lunch and learn will be presented by ESC 13

This online session will meet on November 4, 2026 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm.

Youth Mental Health First Aid is designed to empower anyone interacting with youth to help a youth who is experiencing a mental health or substance use challenge or is in crisis. The course provides a 5-part action plan for how to help young people in both crisis and non-crisis situations. This course explains mental health challenges and equips learners to recognize signs and symptoms, to use mental health first aid in both non-crisis and crisis scenarios, and to practice self-care. This virtual session has 2 hours of REQUIRED pre-work. This pre-work is done online and is self-paced. **This training satisfies HB3, Sec. 22.904 - Mental Health Training requirement for all staff who regularly interact with students**

This online session will meet on November 5, 2026 from 8:00 am to 12:30 pm.

This session is designed to provide new school counselors with resources that will assist them in developing, managing, and implementing school counseling programs on their campus. Academic, career and personal/social components will be addressed in this session with time available for networking.

This session will meet on November 17, 2026 from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm.

This five lesson series is designed to help educators understand the effects of trauma on students and how to have a more trauma informed approach. We will dive into what trauma can look like, how the brain is affected by trauma, how to shift the focus, and implement techniques into the classroom. With a trauma informed approach you can focus on building a safe environment for students to learn and creating connections.

This online session will meet on november 18, 2026 from 8:00 am to 8:45 am.