Melissa Brymer, Ph.D, Psy.D. is Director of Terrorism and Disaster Programs of the UCLA/Duke University National Center for Child Traumatic Stress and its National Child Traumatic Stress Network. In this capacity, Dr. Brymer been involved with the development of acute interventions, assessment, and educational materials in the area of terrorism, disasters, and school crises. She is one of the primary authors of NCTSN/NCPTSD Psychological First Aid and Skills for Psychological Recovery and have served as a consultant for many Federal, state, and local agencies across the country and internationally after disasters, terrorism, school shootings, and other mass emergencies. 

Jerry Dunn, Ph.D.serves as the Executive Director of Children's Advocacy Services of Greater St.Louis (CASGSL) where she oversees the forensic, clinical, research, andtraining operations of the center's three locations.   CASGSL has theunique distinction of being embedded in the University ofMissouri-St. Louis where Dr. Dunn holds the academic rank of ClinicalProfessor and leads the Center's National Child Traumatic Stress Network'sTreatment and Services Adaptation Center.    The training division ofthe Center, The Missouri Academy of Child Trauma Studies (MoACTS), beganimplementing Skills for Psychological Recovery in the aftermath of the civilunrest sparked by the death of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Missouri.