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Jane Silovsky, Ph.D.
Pediatrics

Jane Silovsky, Ph.D.

Professor, CHF/Jean Gummerson Chair
Director, Center on Child Abuse and Neglect


Center on Child Abuse and Neglect
1000 NE 13th St. Suite 4900
Oklahoma City, OK 73104

405-271-8858

jane-silovsky@ouhsc.edu


Jane F. Silovsky, PhD, Professor, is a licensed clinical child psychologist and serves as the Children’s Health Foundation Jean Gumerson Endowed Chair and Director of the Center on Child Abuse and Neglect at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC).  Dr. Silovsky received her doctorate in clinical psychology from the University of Alabama.  Currently, she is a Tenured Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the OUHSC.  Dr. Silovsky is the Director of the National Center on the Sexual Behavior of Youth, funded by the Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention, which provides training and technical assistance to communities implementing evidence-based treatment for youth with problematic sexual behavior.  Since 1997, she has been the Director of the Children with Sexual Behavior Problems program, an assessment, treatment, and research program for preschool and school age children with problematic sexual behavior.  Dr. Silovsky’s research and expertise is in the areas of problematic sexual behavior of youth, systems change, implementation and sustainability of program, and prevention of child maltreatment.

For additional details see: https://profiles.ouhsc.edu/display/215222


Academic Section(s):

Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics


Clinical/Research Interests:

  • Evaluation and treatment of children who have experienced child maltreatment
  • Evaluation and treatment of children with sexual behavioral problems
  • Prevention of child maltreatment