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Dr.Dunn-Snow conveniently schedules art
therapy and counseling services for children, teens, and their families in their homes. She also sees adults who specifically
want to work with an art therapist.She has been a resident of Broward County since 1956 when she and her family moved to
south Florida from Connecticut in June of that year. She attended elementary and junior high school in Hollywood Florida
and senior high school in Davie Florida, as a member of the first graduating class of Nova High School, during the years when
the school was funded by the Ford Foundation and referred to as the Nova Educational Experiment. During that time the Davie
school was nationally recognized as very progressive and offered a self-paced learning atmosphere for self-motivated students.
After high school, Dr. Dunn-Snow graduated from Barry College in Miami Shores and later received post graduate degrees from
the University of Missouri-Columbia, Vermont College and Florida State University. She has been a member of St. Maurice
Catholic Church since 1976 and for a number of years was the director of the St. Maurice Liturgical Dance Group. She them
became the director of the Miriam Liturgical Dancers sponsored by the First Christian Church of Ft. Lauderdale. She also held
the position of Southeast Regional Director of the International Sacred Dance Guild. Dr. Dunn-Snow, former director
of the Barry University art therapy program, is a registered, board certified and licensed art therapist and licensed mental
health counselor. Her experiences include working as a teacher and supervisor in exceptional student education, as a reading
specialist, as an elementary school guidance counselor and as an itinerant homebound teacher, instructing students with serious
medical conditions. For six years she worked as a school art therapist, working with students classified with severe emotional
disturbances who had a variety of presenting problems. She has published research on school inclusion and multicultural art
experiences and has presented nationally on child art therapy, drawing from over 35 years of service in education and private
practice. She has served as President of the Florida Art Therapy Association and as the National Conference Chair for
the American Art Therapy Association 2002 Washington DC and 2003 Chicago Conferences She is currently the Immediate Past-President
of the American Art Therapy Association. She is also currently serving on the Board of Directors of the Florida Mu
State Chapter of the Delta Kappa Gamma International Society of Women Educators, as the state website administrator. She is
a member of The Davie-Cooper City Chamber of Commerce, Beta Alpha, a Broward Chapter of Delta Kappa Gamma and a member of
Alpha Gamma Delta Greater Fort Lauderdale Alumnae. .
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