The Texas Education Agency Mental Health Connections and Resources

Tammy Gendke, LSSP
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Tammy Gendke is a Licensed Specialist in School Psychology (LSSP) who has 19 years of experience in various roles in public education. She highlights resources that have been developed at the Texas Education Agency to address the mental health and wellness of our school-aged students and school staff. The Texas School Mental Health Resource Database was developed in response to Senate Bill 11 (86th Leg) to identify available resources for each region in Texas, along with state-wide resources. The session will highlight new policies adopted in the 88th Texas Legislature related to mental health in schools. Given that Fentanyl is one of the nation’s deadliest drugs, the session will share TEA’s curated resources, tools and materials developed that can be utilized by schools to bring awareness and prevention of fentanyl use and deaths, including resources to work with parents.