Psychological Resilience Toolkit

3.0 Additional Resources

This section provides additional resources from the Texas School Safety Center, state, and federal agencies.

Texas School Safety Center Resources

  • K-12 Standard Response Protocol Toolkit (TxSSC)

    The K-12 Standard Response Protocol (SRP) Toolkit offers guidance and resources for incorporating the Standard Response Protocol into a school safety plan for critical incident response within individual schools in a school district.

  • K-12 Standard Reunification Method Toolkit (TxSSC)

    The K-12 Standard Reunification Method (SRM) V2 Toolkit offers guidance and resources for incorporating the Standard Reunification Method into a school safety plan to help with managing student/parent reunification after a crisis.

  • Determining Needed Psychological Resilience Resources (TxSSC)

    The purpose of this document, created by the Texas School Safety Center, is to help your district determine, before an incident occurs, if you will need access to resources beyond the ability of your district to address emotional trauma.

State Resources

  • Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCMHCC)

    TCHATT provides school districts with telemedicine or telehealth programs to provide staff with skills to identify and assess the behavioral health needs of children and adolescents and provide access to mental health services.

  • HHSC Disaster Behavioral Health Services (HHS)

    HHS Disaster Behavioral Health Services staff assist the Texas Division of Emergency Management's state-level and local emergency management planning efforts related to behavioral health issues in coordination with the Emergency and Risk Management Division of Health and Human Services. Staff serve as subject matter experts and participate in many disaster behavioral health-related preparedness activities.


    Disaster Behavioral Health Services is responsible for managing disaster behavioral health preparedness, response, and recovery efforts for Texas before, during and after local, state or federally declared disasters, emergencies, and incidents.

  • Find Your Local Mental Health or Behavioral Health Authority (HHS)

    Texas Health and Human Services contracts with 37 local mental health authorities and two local behavioral health authorities to deliver mental health services in communities across Texas.

  • Texas School Mental Health Best Practices

    To help districts meet Texas Education Code 37.108(f)(6)(B) and (C) the Texas Education Agency (TEA) coordinated with the Texas Health and Human Services Commission (HHSC) and Education Service Centers (ESCs) to annually review a list of recommended best-practice based programs, and research-based practices, for public schools. In collaboration, these entities have compiled the Mental and Behavioral Health Recommended Best Practices and Programs Repository. The repository includes important practices and programs for school leader's consideration. These resources are intended to support mental and behavioral health along with academic achievement.

Federal Resources

Please Note: While the federal guidance documents below are good resources, they may not correspond exactly with Texas legislative mandates. As a result, adjustments may need to be made to ensure compliance with Texas laws.

  • Ready.gov: Coping with Disaster

    Coping with Disaster (Ready.gov) provides a compilation of information on recognizing disaster stress in adults, positive actions that can ease disaster stress, recognizing risk factors, and helping children cope with disaster.

  • Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (SAMSHA)

    The Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP) is a short-term disaster relief grant for states, U.S. territories, and federally recognized tribes. CCP grants are awarded after a presidential disaster declaration. CCP funding supports community-based outreach, counseling, and other mental health services to survivors of natural and human-caused disasters.

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