Saint Luke’s Hospital Crittenton Children’s Center

Saint Luke’s Hospital’s Crittenton Children’s Center is in Kansas City, Missouri. It offers behavioral and mental health treatment for children and families. They accept Aetna Better Health of Kansas, Medicaid, and a number of local, national, and private health insurance networks.

Saint Luke’s has multidisciplinary teams who use evidence-based therapy to help children build communication skills, regulate emotions and develop strength and resilient learning strategies to last a lifetime.

They have an outpatient clinic and in-home counseling, plus an adolescent substance use program, and a foster care and adoption program.

They have their regular residential treatment program here and an inpatient hospitalization program that’s for children who are in an immediate mental health crisis. You’ll have an array of education programs, relapse prevention, and social services to coordinate care between work, school, and home.

Crittenton strives to provide a safe environment so families can focus on healing. Saint Luke’s as a whole is backed by Magnet Recognition which recognizes excellence in nursing, so parents and patient families can be confident that their loved ones will get the high level of care that they need.