Michael Naylor, M.D., is a board-certified in child and adolescent psychiatrist.  In addition he is board certified in general psychiary and sleep disorders medicine.  He is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago School of Medicine where he is the director of the  Division of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry, director of Behavioral Health and Welfare Program and the Director of the Clinical Services Psychopharmacology Program.  Along with 3 other board certified child and adolescent psychiatrists, Dr. Naylor provides and independent review of all psychotropic medication consent requests for state wards.  In addition, he conducts training sessions on psychotropic medications and the consent procedures for foster parents, post adoption workers, residential childcare workers, DCFS caseworkers and DCFS Authorized Agents.  Dr. Naylor earned his medical degree from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine.  He completed his general psychiatry residency, his child and adolescent psychiatry fellowship, and his sleep disorders fellowship at the University Michigan School of Medicine. 
E-mail: Mnaylor@psych.uic.edu 

Personal Page: www.psych.uic.edu/faculty/naylor.htm

Ms. Matthews possesses a wealth of varied and valuable professional child welfare experience totaling more than 20 years. She has served as a Department of Children and Family Services Child Welfare Specialist, Child Welfare Supervisor, Child Protection Investigator and Public Service Administrator.  She is currently a Senior Public Service Administrator in the Division of Guardian and Advocacy where she manages the Statewide Consent and Immigration Units.  Previously, she served as a Prevention Coordinator for the Human Resources Development Institute.

Ms. Matthews is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker and holds a Master's degree in Social Service Administration from the University of Chicago and a Bachelor's degree in Psychology from Augustana College, Rock Island, IL.  Matthews received the DCFS Dale Rowell Fellowship in 1995 in recognition of her superior performance as a Child Protection Supervisor.  She is married with 6 children and an active member of New Faith Baptist Church in Matteson, IL, serving in the Children’s Ministry.

Alice Gutierrez-Gottschalk RN, BSN is the Assistant Director for the Clinical Services in Psychopharmacology Program.  Ms. Gutierrez-Gottschalk is in charge of the daily operations of the Consultation Team, assessing data related to medication consent requests, preparing consultation reports for the child psychiatric consultants, and relaying their recommendations back to the DCFS authorized agents.  In addition she coordinates all aspects of the operating system including productivity reports, research projects and all special projects related to the consultation data. She trains DCFS Authorized Agents and caseworkers, foster parents, and childcare workers in residential settings on the administration and monitoring of psychotropic medications.  She has 21 years of experience in Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.

E-mail: agutierrez@psych.uic.edu

Christine Davidson, Ph.D., M.M., is a faculty member in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of Illinois at Chicago, where she is the Director of the Applied Services Research and Evaluation Program in the Behavioral Health and Welfare Program. Since 1997 Dr. Davidson has provided clinical and program consultation and technical assistance to the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services and its statewide network of private agencies, focusing on residential treatment and mental health services, outcome-based program evaluation, performance improvement, and the use of information systems as program management tools. Current projects include an outcome evaluation study of a specialized treatment program at UIC that serves DCFS wards with histories of multiple hospitalizations and placement moves. Dr. Davidson, a clinical psychologist with a master’s degree in health service management, has clinical/administrative experience in medical and psychiatric hospitals, and was formerly a faculty member in the departments of psychiatry at both Northwestern University and the University of California at Davis.

Dr. Connolly is board certified in Psychiatry and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. Dr. Connolly earned her M.D. at Washington University in St. Louis, completed her residency in Psychiatry at University of Illinois at Chicago, and completed her fellowship in Child and Adolescent Psychiatry at University of Chicago. Dr. Connolly has been a member of the clinical and teaching faculty at UIC since 1992. She has also worked extensively with community mental health agencies and school districts throughout Chicago and the suburbs. Dr. Connolly is chief editor of a curriculum for mental health providers throughout Illinois in partnership with the Department of Human Services.

Dr. Connolly has been recognized as a regional expert in child and adolescent anxiety disorders and directs the UIC Pediatric Stress and Anxiety Disorders Clinic.  Dr. Connolly is the principal author of the Practice Parameter for the Assessment and Treatment of Children and Adolescents with Anxiety Disorders for the American Academy of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry.  She has been featured in numerous national consumer publications including Child Magazine and Parents Magazine as well as on television news stations. 

Personal Page: http://www.psych.uic.edu/faculty/connolly.htm

Karen Taylor-Crawford, M.D., is a Board Certified Child and Adolescent  Psychiatrist, who has been in private practice, maintaining both inpatient and outpatient service since 1980.  Since 2001 she has been Director of the School Age Disruptive Behavior Clinic and an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry at the Institute for Juvenile Research, Department of Psychiatry, University of Illinois at Chicago.  Since 2006, she has been the secretary for the National Medical Association’s Section of Psychiatry and Behavioral Health .

Dr. Taylor-Crawford is the former Chair of the Department of Psychiatry at Advocate Christ Hospital and Medical Center, in Oak Lawn, Illinois, overseeing both inpatient and intensive outpatient psychiatric programs for youth and adults.  As the chairperson of Psychiatry at Advocate Christ Hospital for six years, Dr. Taylor-Crawford, lead the establishment of a Pediatric Consultation-Liaison program, Adolescent Partial Psychiatric Hospitalization Program, a specialized medical substance abuse detoxification unit, and training in Psychiatry across graduate medical specialty programs.

Dr. Taylor-Crawford is also a founding board member of CAAMHP, the Community of African American Mental Health Providers, a multi-disciplinary group of mental health providers started in 2004 in response to the E2 CLUB tragedy in Chicago. At that time, there were few places individuals could turn to for support or information on the impact of violence and trauma in communities of color. CAAMHP seeks to:

1.  Be a forum for continuing education;
2.  Serve as a community resource and disseminate accurate evidence-based information about the impact of violence and trauma to parents, educators, adults, professionals and the media;
3. Promote ongoing research;
4. Advocate on behalf of persons impacted, as stated in their articles of incorporation. 

Sandra M. George RN, MSN, Staff Specialist in Nursing, brings 21 years of inpatient child and adolescent psychiatric nursing experience to the UIC Clinical Services in Psychopharmacology team.  She triages consultation information and is a liaison to the UIC board certified consultants and adolescent child psychiatrists.  She is responsible for the collection of data provided by DCFS authorized agents via telephone. She ensures that the systematic
data collection process provides pertinent information regarding the psychotropic consultation request and forwards this information to a the Psychiatric consultant.  

She reports consultant's recommendations to the DCFS Authorized Agent. Sandra provides education and instruction when needed to DCFS authorized agents regarding the psychotropic consultation process and assists the UIC Psychotropic Team, Project Coordinator with the collection of data for various reports.

Eraina is the supervisor for the UIC research assistants.  Eraina is responsible for managing a team of six , overseeing the daily distribution, and completion of all medication requests. Eraina serves as the primary liason between UIC consultants and DCFS. She has twelve years experience working with foster children and DCFS. She communicates with doctors, nurses, case managers, and supervisors daily.  She also assists with processing psychotropic medication requests when necessary. Eraina graduated from Loyola University Chicago. 

E-mail: eraina.ross@illinois.gov

Punitha is a Research Data Analyst for the UIC Psychotropic Consultation team. She is responsible for all Inpatient medication requests and acts as a primary contact person for hospital medication consent inquiries. When needed, Punitha assists with processing Outpatient medication requests. She also logs and maintains Inpatient request data. In the past, she assisted with data management/organization for an ADHD research study. Punitha graduated from Loyola University of Chicago.

E-mail: punitha.jonadoss@illinois.gov

Ishmael has been a Research Data Analyst for the UIC Psychotropic Consultation Team for two years. Although he is responsible for outpatient consent requests, he also is the co-author of the CSP website. His past accomplishments are working to centralize consent process for the field, data organization for the internal unit, and consultation on specialized projects as needed.  Ishmael graduated from Western Illinois University.

E-mail: edwin.jones@illinois.gov

Erin Pellett is a Research Data Analyst for the UIC Psychotropic Medication team. She processes outpatient medication requests, fills in for inpatient medication requests; and manages outpatient data when needed.  Erin has previous experience working with adolescents in chemical dependency and mental health treatment facilities.  She graduated from the University of Minnesota-Twin Cities.

E-mail: erin.pellett@illinois.gov

Lorena Silva is a Research Data Analyst for the UIC Psychotropic Consultation Team and is responsible for outpatient consent requests.  Prior to joining the CPS, Lorena  worked closely with the DCFS Psychotropic Consultation Team in generating a quarterly report on the DCFS Centralized Psychopharmacology Consultation Program.  Lorena graduated from the University of Illinois at Chicago.

E-mail: lsilva2@psych.uic.edu

Amber is the Research Data Analyst for the DCFS Psychotropic Consultation Team. She is responsible for maintaining data from the team and analyzing it for reports. Amber is currently assisting in the process of transferring the data from the current storage system into a new database. She is also involved in data management for special projects. When needed, Amber also helps report the recommendations from the UIC Consultants to the DCFS Authorized Agents.  Amber graduated from the University of Illinois at -Urbana Champaign.

E-mail: athompson@psych.uic.edu