Emergency Services
If you or someone you care about is in crisis, take action.
Mental Health Care for All High School Students
Mental health teletherapy services for all high school students, at no cost to families.
If you are in crisis, you can text NEEDHELP to 85511, call 1-800-273-TALK, or dial 911.
No-Cost Mental Health Teletherapy for All High School Students
FCPS has partnered with Hazel Health to help eliminate barriers to quality mental health care services for all high school students, at no cost to families. Therapy sessions with Hazel Health are a safe space and are private and confidential.
With Hazel, your child can get the mental health care they need, at home, at no cost to you.
Hazel is HIPAA compliant.
Hazel’s therapists can help your child with:
- Mood/behavior changes, motivation, grief/loss
- Anxiety, worry, fears
- Social skills, bullying, peer & family relationships
- Academic stress
Learn more about how Hazel works by visiting the How Hazel Works section of the Hazel website.
To access services through Hazel, you must complete steps 1 and 2.
- Refer your child to therapy by filling out an e-consent on the Hazel Health FCPS website.
- Click Request Teletherapy at hazel.co/get-hazel, OR
Call (571) 749-2940, OR
Contact an FCPS school counselor, social worker, psychologist, or director of student services.
- Your child participates in weekly therapy sessions
Hazel matches your child with a licensed therapist and contacts you within 48 hours to schedule an appointment. The therapist helps to address identified concerns during weekly virtual therapy sessions. Appointments are available at home, Monday-Friday, from 7 a.m. - 7 p.m.
- Therapy completion
Your child achieves their therapy goals and is discharged from the therapy program.
- Care coordination
If needed, Hazel helps connect your child with long-term mental health services in the community.
- Hazel’s therapists are locally licensed.
- 50% of Hazel providers identify as Black, Indigenous, People of Color (BIPOC)
- 40% of Hazel providers are bilingual speaking more than 15 languages
Additional Mental Health and Wellness Support
If you need additional mental health and wellness support for your child this school year, please contact your child’s school counselor, school psychologist, or school social worker directly. Contact information for these staff members can be located on the school's website.
School Counseling Services
Our school counseling program supports student success, in addition to benefiting parents, teachers and more.
School Psychology Services
School psychologists positively impact the academic and social-emotional development of all students through the provision of mental health services that build resiliency, life competencies, and good citizenship.
School Social Work Services
School social workers are mental health professionals who address the social, emotional, behavioral, and environmental factors impacting a student’s ability to perform at their best. Our social worker assignments are listed here.