UT Austin’s Institute for Public School Initiatives has launched a pilot program that offers on-demand virtual therapy to more than 11,000 students in public schools in Texas.
and MDLIVE helped participating schools create private spaces on campus where students between the ages of 10 and 18 can access care with a parent's permission. Students who sign up to participate create an account with the service and choose a therapist based on their needs, comfort level and preferred language. During a student's first appointment, a parent is required to be in the room for the first and last 15 minutes of the session.
"Mental health is not just for people that are in crisis or trauma," he said."We hope that every student who's offered this opportunity will take advantage of it." The program opened up appointments for the first time in February — several weeks earlier than planned — after a student was killed in an accident in the parking lot of San Marcos CISD’s Goodnight Middle School.
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