Children's Medical and Mental Health Resource Network

Welcome

The Children’s Medical and Mental Health Resource Network uses a collaborative and multidisciplinary approach to support our region’s most vulnerable children. We focus on professional development, community education and research-based interventions to help children who have experienced abuse or are at risk of abuse.  

Our network positively impacts the child protection system in Illinois, helping DCFS keep children who are not abused in their homes, provide in-home services when appropriate and remove children from dangerous environments when necessary, so that fewer children experience serious injury or death.

Our board-certified pediatricians are committed to serving central and southern Illinois and empowering other physicians, clinicians, educators and community stakeholders to advocate for children in need.

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Latest articles

Dr. Kari Wolf & Gov. JB Pritzker

New Behavioral Health Workforce Center announced

Governor JB Pritzker and state and local officials celebrated the launch of a new Behavioral Health Workforce Center that will increase Illinois’ capacity to recruit, educate, and retain behavioral health professionals. The Center will be based at SIU School of Medicine.

SIU School of Medicine, University of Illinois Springfield to launch simulation training site in Southern Illinois

In partnership with the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, the Child Protection Training Academy in Southern Illinois will help child protection investigators and law enforcement personnel by providing effective, evidence-based training

Could it be abuse? 10 signs of trouble

by Jeanné Hansen, LCSW, SIU Department of Psychiatry It is almost 2:30. School gets out at 3:00. As if on cue, Will gets restless. He fidgets in his seat. He looks at the clock nervously. He taps his

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