Parents and teachers may refer students to the counselor or the nurse, and these departments can work with HISD and appropriate agencies to offer support and guidance to parents and students.   

 

In the event of an emergency, please contact Nurse Makin or Mrs. Mays at 713-778-3470.

 

Counselor Contact Information: Miranda Harris at miranda.harris@houstonisd.org

  

HISD Counseling Services Website.   Click here to access.

Psychological Services at HISD (713-696-6430)

Crisis Intervention Hotline of Houston (713-228-1505)

Counseling & Guidance (713-556-7240)

Teen Hotline (713-529-8336)/Spanish (available MWF 6 PM-10 PM) (713-526-8088)

 

If a student or parent is in a crisis/emergency situation, there are two avenues to connect with a trained crisis counselor:

 1) Call: 713-556-1340

 2) Text: "talk" to 741-741

The automated service will connect the student or parent with a crisis counselor. (Note: This option is a 24/7, 365 emergency resource.)

On-Campus Support Methodologies 

  

Individual support involves meeting with the student to help deal with and work through a problem that is bothering the student and/or adversely affecting the student’s learning. It offers needed support to guide the child through a problem area. There is a wide variance in the purpose of one on one conferencing in order to meet the various needs of the child.

  

The needs of each child can vary from:

• an outlet to talk/vent in order to think things through,
• to the benefit received from a caring counselor/child friendship,
• to the support shared in dealing with a difficult situation that the child cannot change,
• the assistance given to the child in creating a plan for things, they cannot change,
• to help in strengthening needed skills for success.