Kaela Byers
Biographic Data
| ID | 4389973 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Kaela Byers |
| GIVEN NAMES | Kaela |
| FAMILY NAME | Byers |
| SIGNATURE | BYERS K |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Kansas |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-0645-8541 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 11 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2011 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Exploring the Probabilities of Transition Between Levels of Family Functioning
Early childhood adversity presents risks for enduring negative impacts on both health and development. Prior research has underscored the potential of early interventions to serve as a protective buffer, mitigating the detrimental effects of adversity on children. This study extends this research by investigating the impact of an early intervention, Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), on family functioning. Using latent transition analysis, …
Exploring the Impact of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐Up on Infant Well‐Being
Early childhood adversity poses a risk for lifelong negative impacts on health and development. Previous studies have demonstrated that early interventions possess the potential to act as a positive buffer, alleviating the adverse effects of adversity on children. This research extends upon existing literature by investigating the effects of a specific early childhood intervention, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐Up (ABC), on various aspects o…
Preventive Legal Services for Kinship Care
This study examines the implementation of preventive legal services for kinship families within the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) service array. A university research team, contracted by the Title IV-E agency to evaluate the FFPSA programs, interviewed legal staff and kinship caregivers to understand how the provision of preventive legal services impacts the prevention-related needs of families. Findings suggest that the provision …
“I Ran to Make a Point”
Youth who run away from foster care experience danger to health and safety and increased risk of adverse child welfare outcomes. By applying a concurrent mixed-methods approach, this study aimed to develop a deeper understanding of runaway risk that used a person-centered lens and amplified youth voices. Collectively, this approach can inform service innovations to support youth placed in out-of-home care. Working with a foster care agency in Kan…
Shown love from the brokenness of a system’
Child welfare (CW) reforms have called for including family and youth voice. Yet, most initiatives have remained at individual levels, and research has rarely included youth, parent and professional voices simultaneously and equally. This study sought to integrate these perspectives and identify systems-level strategies that could reimagine CW. Using an arts-based method and thematic analysis, researchers investigated recommendations for policy a…
Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals
Child welfare workers experience increased risk of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout. Despite encouragement to bolster self-care, little remains known about self-care and well-being outcomes. This study explored frequency of self-care and its relationship with STS, burnout, and compassion satisfaction by surveying 305 child welfare direct service and supervisor professionals. Participants completed the ProQol and reported frequency and…
Youth are not something to check off your to do list’
The child welfare system is characterized by fixed power structures, coercion and hierarchies that privilege the perspectives of a select few. These oppressive aspects of the system quelch youth voice and others' voices, especially those with lived experience, frequently omitting them from case‐ and system‐level decisions. Acknowledging the empowering potential of creative and arts‐based research, this study used poetic inquiry with youth in or f…
Beyond overwhelmed
Joining formative evaluation with translational science to assess an EBI in foster care
Elevating stakeholder voice
Mapping the Great Recession
Commentators agree that the crisis that boiled to a bubble in the fall of 2008 (“the Great Recession”) is the gravest downturn since the depression of the 1930s. That makes it one of the two greatest crises in the history of capitalism. And plainly, the crisis continues, yielding severe joblessness and a growing danger of government defaults, bank failures, and stock market crashes. Hundreds of commentators have sought to explain the crisis. Yet …
Joining formative evaluation with translational science to assess an EBI in foster care
Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals
Child welfare workers experience increased risk of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout. Despite encouragement to bolster self-care, little remains known about self-care and well-being outcomes. This study explored frequency of self-care and its relationship with STS, burnout, and compassion satisfaction by surveying 305 child welfare direct service and supervisor professionals. Participants completed the ProQol and reported frequency and…
Youth are not something to check off your to do list’
The child welfare system is characterized by fixed power structures, coercion and hierarchies that privilege the perspectives of a select few. These oppressive aspects of the system quelch youth voice and others' voices, especially those with lived experience, frequently omitting them from case‐ and system‐level decisions. Acknowledging the empowering potential of creative and arts‐based research, this study used poetic inquiry with youth in or f…
Mapping the Great Recession
Commentators agree that the crisis that boiled to a bubble in the fall of 2008 (“the Great Recession”) is the gravest downturn since the depression of the 1930s. That makes it one of the two greatest crises in the history of capitalism. And plainly, the crisis continues, yielding severe joblessness and a growing danger of government defaults, bank failures, and stock market crashes. Hundreds of commentators have sought to explain the crisis. Yet …
Mapping the Great Recession
Commentators agree that the crisis that boiled to a bubble in the fall of 2008 (“the Great Recession”) is the gravest downturn since the depression of the 1930s. That makes it one of the two greatest crises in the history of capitalism. And plainly, the crisis continues, yielding severe joblessness and a growing danger of government defaults, bank failures, and stock market crashes. Hundreds of commentators have sought to explain the crisis. Yet …
Elevating stakeholder voice
Joining formative evaluation with translational science to assess an EBI in foster care
Beyond overwhelmed
Youth are not something to check off your to do list’
The child welfare system is characterized by fixed power structures, coercion and hierarchies that privilege the perspectives of a select few. These oppressive aspects of the system quelch youth voice and others' voices, especially those with lived experience, frequently omitting them from case‐ and system‐level decisions. Acknowledging the empowering potential of creative and arts‐based research, this study used poetic inquiry with youth in or f…
Preventive Legal Services for Kinship Care
This study examines the implementation of preventive legal services for kinship families within the Family First Prevention Services Act (FFPSA) service array. A university research team, contracted by the Title IV-E agency to evaluate the FFPSA programs, interviewed legal staff and kinship caregivers to understand how the provision of preventive legal services impacts the prevention-related needs of families. Findings suggest that the provision …
“I Ran to Make a Point”
Youth who run away from foster care experience danger to health and safety and increased risk of adverse child welfare outcomes. By applying a concurrent mixed-methods approach, this study aimed to develop a deeper understanding of runaway risk that used a person-centered lens and amplified youth voices. Collectively, this approach can inform service innovations to support youth placed in out-of-home care. Working with a foster care agency in Kan…
Shown love from the brokenness of a system’
Child welfare (CW) reforms have called for including family and youth voice. Yet, most initiatives have remained at individual levels, and research has rarely included youth, parent and professional voices simultaneously and equally. This study sought to integrate these perspectives and identify systems-level strategies that could reimagine CW. Using an arts-based method and thematic analysis, researchers investigated recommendations for policy a…
Exploring the relationships between self-care and well-being outcomes among child welfare professionals
Child welfare workers experience increased risk of secondary traumatic stress (STS) and burnout. Despite encouragement to bolster self-care, little remains known about self-care and well-being outcomes. This study explored frequency of self-care and its relationship with STS, burnout, and compassion satisfaction by surveying 305 child welfare direct service and supervisor professionals. Participants completed the ProQol and reported frequency and…
Exploring the Impact of Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐Up on Infant Well‐Being
Early childhood adversity poses a risk for lifelong negative impacts on health and development. Previous studies have demonstrated that early interventions possess the potential to act as a positive buffer, alleviating the adverse effects of adversity on children. This research extends upon existing literature by investigating the effects of a specific early childhood intervention, Attachment and Biobehavioral Catch‐Up (ABC), on various aspects o…
Exploring the Probabilities of Transition Between Levels of Family Functioning
Early childhood adversity presents risks for enduring negative impacts on both health and development. Prior research has underscored the potential of early interventions to serve as a protective buffer, mitigating the detrimental effects of adversity on children. This study extends this research by investigating the impact of an early intervention, Attachment Biobehavioral Catch-up (ABC), on family functioning. Using latent transition analysis, …
Psychology (9 works) · Political science (7 works) · Child Abuse and Trauma (5 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (5 works) · Developmental psychology (5 works) · Family and Disability Support Research (5 works) · Medicine (5 works) · Social Psychology (5 works) · Clinical Psychology (4 works) · Nursing (4 works)