Texas Child Health Access Through Telemedicine (TCHATT)
TCHATT is a school-based tele-behavioral program that offers mental health services via Zoom.
School counselors refer students to TCHATT. Once the referral is received, and the parent/guardian completes consents forms, families receive a registration call from a Behavioral Health Care Assistant to schedule an initial intake appointment with a TCHATT Clinician. The intake appointment determines what services will be best for your student. Services can include virtual therapy, case management support, and/or psychiatric consultation.
To find out if your child’s school has access to TCHATT, you can ask your child’s school counselor or call our TCHATT phone line at 844-856-6926
Common reasons students are referred to TCHATT:
- Anxiety
- Anger
- Changes in appetite
- Irritability
- Refusing to go to school
- Changes in mood
- Sadness
- Self-harm or talking about hurting themselves
- Depression
- Changes in sleep
- Significant changes in their lives they're having difficulty coping with
- Inability to focus
- Withdrawing from friends or peer difficulties
Benefits of TCHATT:
Services are free of charge.
Your child can access virtual therapy sessions at no cost to the school or to your family.
Our providers specialize in children's mental health.
Your child and family have access to staff who are trained to work with youth and their families. This includes child and adolescent psychiatrists and licensed masters-level mental health clinicians.
Services are available to elementary, middle and high school students.
Children from pre-kindergarten through high school have access to TCHATT services – if their school is enrolled in TCHATT. We hope to identify your child’s mental health needs early so they can receive support before their concerns escalate.
How to access TCHATT
Your child's school counselor will initiative a referral to our team and provide you with links to online consent forms or paper consent forms to complete. Once the referral is received, families receive a registration call from a Behavioral Health Care Assistant to schedule an initial intake appointment with a TCHATT clinician. The intake appointment determines what services will be best for your student which can include virtual therapy, case management support, and/or psychiatric consultation.
We encourage parent/guardian involvement beyond the intake appointment- if your student engages in virtual therapy, we encourage parents/guardians to join the sessions via Zoom.
Click here to see if your student's campus participates in TCHATT: https://tcmhcc.utsystem.edu/tchatt/
If your child is in a mental health crisis, please call 911
Meet the Care Team
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Kaylee Davis-Bordovsky, MD Pediatric Psychiatrist -
Jason Isham, LMFT, CCM Sr. Director of Integrated Behavioral Health -
Elizabeth Widtfeldt, LPC Director, Behavioral Health -
Melina Acosta, LCSW TCHATT Clinician -
Sulema Alonso Care Assistant -
Yesenia Altamirano Case Manager -
Karen Alvarado Outreach Coordinator -
Joann Chen Psychology Trainee -
Esmirna Corona, LCSW-S Sr. Behavioral Health Care Manager -
Adriana Diaz Care Assistant -
Stephen Fauss Outreach Coordinator -
Ambar Fuentes, LPC TCHATT Clinician -
Madeleine Fuselier Psychology Trainee -
Jillian Goss, LPC-A TCHATT Clinician -
Mehak Gupta, LPC TCHATT Clinician -
Mark Harbec, CHW Outreach Coordinator -
Danielle Jackson Care Assistant -
Jennifer Jefferson, LPC-S TCHATT Clinician -
Diana Johnson, LCSW TCHATT Clinician -
Breonte Jones Care Assistant -
Celes Keene, LMSW TCHATT Clinician -
Breontony Love Case Manager -
Madison Lowrie, LPC TCHATT Clinician -
Kelly Merendon, LPC Sr. Behavioral Health Care Manager -
Mariela Mora Care Assistant -
Heather Newby, LCSW TCHATT Clinician -
Will Nixon Sr Enterprise App Analyst -
Carolina Ordóñez, LPC TCHATT Clinician -
Marisol Park, LPC-A TCHATT Clinician -
Maria Ramirez, LCSW TCHATT Clinician -
Estela Sanchez Care Assistant -
Vanessa Simpson, LCSW-S TCHATT Manager -
Rosanna Steele, LPC-S Team Lead -
Suzanne Stephens, LCSW TCHATT Clinician -
Llurisel Tamez, MBA Manager Behavioral Health Access and Case Coordination -
Trinity Ward, LPC TCHATT Clinician -
Mayrani Velazquez, MBA Manager, Behavioral Health Stakeholder Engagement
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- Contact Us
- 844-856-6926
- Frequently Asked Questions