Jerry Dunn, Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis

Jerry Dunn, PhD, executive director of Children’s Advocacy Services of Greater St. Louis, will present on the work the agency does in the community on behalf of children and adolescents who have experienced trauma. Children's Advocacy Services offers trauma-informed assessment and counseling, facilitation of multi-disciplinary investigative and support teams, child-sensitive forensic interviews, consistent victim advocacy, undergraduate and graduate training, responsive community outreach, and relevant advocacy to influence public policy. 

Dunn 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 chairs the Advisory Council for the St. Louis Family and Community Partnership, works with the Missouri Network of Child Advocacy Centers, reports to the Board of Directors for Missouri Kids First and acts as the agency liaison to the National Childhood Traumatic Stress Network.