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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Texas Child Study Center at Dell Children's |
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Medical Center of Central Texas is working to fill the critical need |
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for mental health services for area children and adolescents; and |
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WHEREAS, A collaboration between the medical center and The |
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University of Texas Educational Psychology Department, the Texas |
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Child Study Center opened on September 15, 2008, with the mission of |
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providing comprehensive mental health services to all children in |
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the 46-county region of Central Texas; Dr. William Streusand serves |
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as the center's medical director, as well as chief of psychiatry at |
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Dell Children's Medical Center, and Dr. Kevin Stark serves as the |
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center's clinical director of psychology, as well as a professor in |
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the UT Department of Educational Psychology; and |
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WHEREAS, The center is guided by five goals, which include |
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providing evidence-based treatment for children with emotional and |
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cognitive diagnoses, training clinicians to work in a |
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collaborative, multidisciplinary environment, advancing |
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evidence-based care through research programs, developing programs |
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to address autism spectrum disorders, depression, and other issues, |
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and serving the emotional and cognitive needs of acute and chronic |
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medically ill children and their families; and |
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WHEREAS, During day to day operations, the center remains |
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focused on such core mental health services as psychiatric and |
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psychological evaluations, neuropsych and projective psychological |
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testing, several types of therapy, parenting sessions, medication |
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management, and workshop trainings for community professionals; a |
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significant portion of its clients and patients are those on |
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Medicaid or the Children's Health Insurance Plan and also those who |
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have no financial means, and the center is supported in part by the |
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generosity of private patrons; and |
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WHEREAS, Mental health issues interfere with the way people |
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think, feel, and behave, affecting all aspects of their lives, and |
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their prevalence among youth in Central Texas is considered by many |
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to be a public health crisis; the Texas Child Study Center serves as |
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a vital source of high quality, compassionate mental health care |
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that is making a positive difference in the lives of countless |
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people; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the Texas Child Study Center at Dell |
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Children's Medical Center of Central Texas and extend to all those |
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associated with the center sincere best wishes for continued |
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success with their important work; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the Texas Child Study Center as an expression of high |
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regard by the Texas House of Representatives. |