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About

Dr. Jerry Dunn is the Executive Director of Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis and oversees the clinical, forensic, research and training activities of the agency's two sites. She is a licensed psychologist and is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychology at University of Missouri-St. Louis. Her clinical and research interests involve assessment and treatment of high-risk children and their family members in community- and school-based settings. She received her doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Missouri - St. Louis, interned with the St. Louis Psychology Internship Consortium and completed her post-doctoral fellowship at the Community Psychological Service. 

Dr. Dunn maintains active membership in child-centered organizations at the local, state and federal levels. She serves on the Advisory Council for the St. Louis Family and Community Partnership, works with the Leadership Team for the St. Louis Family Justice Center, sits on the Board of Directors for Missouri KidsFirst and acts as the agency liaison to the National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network.

Contact Information

Phone: 314-516-6798
Fax: 314-516-6624

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Education/Academic qualification

Clinical Psychology, PhD, University of Missouri-St. Louis

19952002

Research Interests

  • Child Abuse and Neglect
  • Forensic Interviewing of Children
  • Childhood Trauma
  • Child Witnesses to Violence
  • Treatment of Childhood Trauma
  • Implementation of Evidence-Based Treatments for Child Trauma
  • Trauma-Informed
  • Child-Serving Sectors (E.G. Child Protection/Welfare, Education, Integrated Care, Juvenile Justice)

Disciplines

  • Psychology
  • Clinical Psychology