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Early Childhood Clinical Therapist and Healthy Steps Specialist
Carrie Moore, LCSW-S
Carrie has enjoyed working in childhood mental health with specific focus on attachment and trauma for almost 20 years. Her passion for working with at risk children began in high school while volunteering at an orphanage while on a mission trip. She has continued to work with children in orphanages around the world, those in the American foster care system, and adoptees and their families since that time. Carrie values partnering with children and their caregivers to build lasting positive relationships and thriving individuals and families. Carrie currently provides integrated primary care, parenting support, and evidence-based therapies as an Early Childhood Clinical Therapist at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Health.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Pediatrician
Gunjan Singh, MD
Gunjan Singh is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UT Southwestern Medical Center. She serves in the Division of Developmental/Behavioral Pediatrics and practices as a general pediatrician in Children’s Health’s Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence. Dr. Singh earned her medical degree at UT Southwestern, where she also completed her residency in pediatrics in association with Children’s Health.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Community Development Manager
Erinne Conner, LMSW
Erinne W. Conner is the Community Development Manager at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas. Working closely with the medical and behavioral health team, Erinne connects with community partners to address barriers to services, provide education, and advocate for expanded resources for children and families with involvement in the child welfare system. Erinne earned her Bachelor of Science in Child and Family Studies and Psychology from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas and her Master of Social Work from the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. Prior to working at Children’s Health, Erinne worked for the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services for nearly eight years as a foster care worker and healthcare liaison.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Lead Psychologist
Kristin Scott, PhD
Kristin M. Scott, Ph.D., is a clinical psychologist for the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Health. She is also Assistant Professor in the Clinical Psychology Department at the University of Texas at Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Scott earned her Ph.D. in school psychology at Tulane University in New Orleans, Louisiana. She completed her internship in Houston Independent School District’s Psychological Services-Crisis Intervention Department and then went on to complete her postdoctoral fellowship at Children’s Health Dallas’ clinical child psychology program. Specifically, she trained in the Suicide Prevention and Resilience at Children’s (SPARC) program, an intensive outpatient treatment program for youth experiencing suicidality and mood disorders. Prior to transitioning to the foster care center, she served as the psychologist for Children’s Child & Adolescent Inpatient Psychiatry Unit. In her current role at the foster care center, Dr. Scott participates in integrated care visits, provides evidence-based trauma-informed therapy, conducts trauma-informed psychological assessments, conducts clinical supervision of trainees, and delivers teaching didactics. Dr. Scott is also involved in the center’s initiatives aimed towards enhancing diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts to help optimize the care given to our racially and culturally diverse children and families. She is passionate about building supportive and collaborative relationships with families and communities to promote healing, recovery, and resilience in children exposed to trauma.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Clinical Therapist
Carly Scudder, LPC
Carly Scudder, MS, LPC is a Clinical Therapist at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Health in Dallas, TX. Carly provides trauma-focused therapy and integrated primary care to children with experience in the foster care system. She is nationally certification in PCIT, TF-CBT, and PC-CARE. Carly serves on the RJC’s Policy & Advocacy and Trauma-Informed Organization Assessment (TIOA) Workgroups, and on the Dallas County Child Welfare Board. Carly has a B.S. in Psychology from Tulane University and a M.S. in Counseling from SMU.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research
Jill McLeigh, PhD
Jill D. McLeigh is Director of Policy, Advocacy and Research at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Health in Dallas, Texas. In this role, Dr. McLeigh oversees the Center’s efforts to advocate, collaborate, and conduct research aimed at promoting the health and well-being of young people with child welfare involvement. This includes serving as the board chair for the North Texas Foster Care Consortium, on the Steering Committee for the Child Protection Roundtable, and is a member of the Children’s Commission Collaborative Council. Dr. McLeigh also serves as co-editor for the International Journal on Child Maltreatment and board past-president of the Global Alliance for Behavioral Health and Social Justice. She is a Center for Pediatric Population Health Fellow with the University of Texas School of Public Health. Prior to joining the Center, Dr. McLeigh was a Research Assistant Professor at the University of Colorado School of Medicine. Her primary research and policy interests have focused on understanding how services to families and young people should be designed and delivered, so as to promote child safety and well-being. Her BA, MS, and PhD are from University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Carnegie Mellon University, and Clemson University.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Pediatrician and Medical Director
Hilda Loria, MD, MPH, FAAP
Hilda Loria, MD, MPH, FAAP is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Developmental- Behavioral Pediatrics at UT-Southwestern Medical Center. Dr. Loria is a board-certified general pediatrician and currently serves as the Center Medical Director for the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence in Dallas, Texas. In this role, she contributes her leadership skills to the Center’s clinical, education, and advocacy-driven mission to improve the health and wellbeing of children involved with the child welfare system. Her clinical and advocacy interests focus on the care of vulnerable child populations. In addition to her work at the Center, Dr. Loria is passionate about medical education, serving as an educator and mentor for UT Southwestern medical students, pediatric residents, and fellows. She is also engaged in state and national advocacy through the Texas Pediatric Society and American Academy of Pediatrics.
She completed medical school at Baylor College of Medicine, pediatrics residency at UT Health San Antonio, and an Academic General Pediatrics fellowship at UT Southwestern. She also has a Masters in Public Health from the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston. Dr. Loria aspires to leave a lasting impact in her community as a pediatrician, educator, and advocate for children.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Clinical Therapist and Healthy Steps Specialist
Kathryn Dumond, M.Ed., LPC-S, RPT-S
Kathryn Dumond is an Early Childhood Clinical Therapist and HealthySteps Specialist at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children's Medical Center. She is a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and a Registered Play Therapist- Supervisor with over 17 years working with children, adolescents and families affected by trauma and child maltreatment. Kathryn is also certified in Trauma Focused-Cognitive Behavioral Therapist (TF-CBT), Parent Child-CARE and Parent Child Interaction Therapy (PCIT). Kathryn provides parenting support with a trauma focused lens, child development screenings and behavior and developmental consults with children and families in the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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Nurse Practitioner
Sara Moore, DNP, APRN, PPCNP-BC, CPNP-AC, NNP, EBP-C
Sara E. Moore, DNP, is a Pediatric Nurse Practitioner at the Rees-Jones Center for Foster Care Excellence at Children’s Health Plano and is an Assistant Clinical Professor for the Nursing Graduate Program at the University of Texas at Arlington. She maintains a primary care practice and is actively involved in integrated care, public education focusing on the influence of foster care on the developing child, and participation in regional and state organizations focused on improving the state of foster care.
To contact our providers, please email reesjonestrainings@childrens.com.
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