Pearland ISD trustees will consider a partnership with UTHealth Houston’s Department of Psychiatry for its Youth Aware of Mental Health, or YAM, program at its Sept. 8 meeting.
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If approved, PISD students would have the opportunity to participate in five 45 to 60 minute sessions, focused on mental health awareness, problem-solving, emotional intelligence, empathy and other skills, documents show.
Under the agreement, UTHealth Houston would provide program materials and trained facilitators while the district would provide class time and coordinate implementation, documents show.
