Cassandra Kisiel
Biographic Data
| ID | 5016689 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Cassandra Kisiel |
| GIVEN NAMES | Cassandra |
| FAMILY NAME | Kisiel |
| SIGNATURE | KISIEL C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Northwestern University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-1094-8239 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 14 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 28 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 14 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 3 |
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Juvenile Justice Systems Transformation
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in juvenile justice (JJ) settings is often recommended but rarely implemented as a system-wide intervention. This manuscript describes the Cook County Model of system transformation, a trauma-focused model that emerged from an ongoing partnership between clinicians and researchers at Northwestern University, a diverse group of juvenile justice professionals in Cook County, Illinois, and community stakeholders. The Cook …
Psychometric Properties of a Survey of Knowledge and Attitude Change in Residential Staff Receiving Training in Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma-informed care has received increased attention in the scientific literature and clinical practice (Becker-Blease, 2017; Purtle, 2020; Stokes et al., 2024); however, evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of these efforts is limited (Purtle, 2020). This study addresses this gap by exploring the psychometric properties of the Modularized Think Trauma Evaluation Questionnaires (M-TTEQs). The M-TTEQs were developed to assess frontl…
Youth‐Reported Strengths and Challenges in Illinois Child Welfare Residential Care
This study explores qualitative data capturing the strengths and challenges of residential care from the perspective of 512 youth in Illinois child welfare residential care in November 2018. Ninety percent of eligible youth participated in a Youth Experience of Care survey, with youth providing more negative than positive feedback about residential care. Themes that emerged from youths' feedback, in descending order of frequency, included program…
Empowering transition age youth through trauma-informed, strengths-based, youth-centered, and anti-racist practices
Trauma is only part of the story
INTRODUCTION: Many youth in foster care endure traumatic experiences (TE) that can lead to lasting negative outcomes. However, the identification of strengths may mitigate the impact of TE. METHODS: This study examines the frequency and distribution of identified strengths; whether strengths moderate the association between TE and various outcomes; and whether certain strengths have a larger moderation effect on the association between TE and lif…
Can the development of protective factors help disrupt the foster care-to-prison pipeline? An examination of the association between justice system involvement and the development of youth protective …
This study explored whether youth protective factors become more or less developed overtime for 4811 youth involved in child welfare using the Child and Adolescent Need and Strengths (CANS) Assessment. Using child welfare administrative data, analyses investigated if the improvement of youth protective factors while in the child welfare system was associated with reducing the risk of justice system involvement. Study findings demonstrated that yo…
An examination of youth protective factors and caregiver parenting skills at entry into the child welfare system and their association with justice system involvement
The association between strengths and post-residential treatment needs of youth in the child welfare system
Assessment of the complex effects of trauma across child serving settings
Modeling constellations of trauma exposure in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set
This article describes the features and utility of the Trauma History Profile (THP) component of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Core Data Set (CDS). The THP, which is derived from the Trauma History section of the University of California PTSD Reaction Index for DSM–IV ,i s a comprehensive tool to assist providers in identifying and characterizing a broad spectrum of 20 types of trauma experienced by children and adolescents.…
Unseen wounds
For this study, we evaluated the independent and additive predictive effects of psychological maltreat-ment on an array of behavioral problems, symptoms, and disorders in a large national sample of clinic-referred children and adolescents drawn from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set (CDS; see Layne, Briggs-King, & Courtois, 2014). We analyzed a subsample of 5,616 youth with lifetime histories of 1 or more of 3 forms of mal…
Examining child sexual abuse in relation to complex patterns of trauma exposure
Chronic, interpersonal traumas within the caregiving system are associated with a range of symptoms, functional impairments, and trauma history profiles. This study utilized data from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Core Data Set (CDS) to examine the role of child sexual abuse in combination with other types of caregiver-related trauma (physical abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, neglect, and impaired caregiving). Thes…
Constellations of Interpersonal Trauma and Symptoms in Child Welfare
Assessment of Complex Trauma Exposure, Responses, and Service Needs Among Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare
Constellations of Interpersonal Trauma and Symptoms in Child Welfare
An examination of youth protective factors and caregiver parenting skills at entry into the child welfare system and their association with justice system involvement
Assessment of the complex effects of trauma across child serving settings
Youth‐Reported Strengths and Challenges in Illinois Child Welfare Residential Care
This study explores qualitative data capturing the strengths and challenges of residential care from the perspective of 512 youth in Illinois child welfare residential care in November 2018. Ninety percent of eligible youth participated in a Youth Experience of Care survey, with youth providing more negative than positive feedback about residential care. Themes that emerged from youths' feedback, in descending order of frequency, included program…
Empowering transition age youth through trauma-informed, strengths-based, youth-centered, and anti-racist practices
Assessment of Complex Trauma Exposure, Responses, and Service Needs Among Children and Adolescents in Child Welfare
Constellations of Interpersonal Trauma and Symptoms in Child Welfare
Modeling constellations of trauma exposure in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set
This article describes the features and utility of the Trauma History Profile (THP) component of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Core Data Set (CDS). The THP, which is derived from the Trauma History section of the University of California PTSD Reaction Index for DSM–IV ,i s a comprehensive tool to assist providers in identifying and characterizing a broad spectrum of 20 types of trauma experienced by children and adolescents.…
Unseen wounds
For this study, we evaluated the independent and additive predictive effects of psychological maltreat-ment on an array of behavioral problems, symptoms, and disorders in a large national sample of clinic-referred children and adolescents drawn from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network Core Data Set (CDS; see Layne, Briggs-King, & Courtois, 2014). We analyzed a subsample of 5,616 youth with lifetime histories of 1 or more of 3 forms of mal…
Examining child sexual abuse in relation to complex patterns of trauma exposure
Chronic, interpersonal traumas within the caregiving system are associated with a range of symptoms, functional impairments, and trauma history profiles. This study utilized data from the National Child Traumatic Stress Network (NCTSN) Core Data Set (CDS) to examine the role of child sexual abuse in combination with other types of caregiver-related trauma (physical abuse, domestic violence, emotional abuse, neglect, and impaired caregiving). Thes…
Assessment of the complex effects of trauma across child serving settings
Can the development of protective factors help disrupt the foster care-to-prison pipeline? An examination of the association between justice system involvement and the development of youth protective …
This study explored whether youth protective factors become more or less developed overtime for 4811 youth involved in child welfare using the Child and Adolescent Need and Strengths (CANS) Assessment. Using child welfare administrative data, analyses investigated if the improvement of youth protective factors while in the child welfare system was associated with reducing the risk of justice system involvement. Study findings demonstrated that yo…
An examination of youth protective factors and caregiver parenting skills at entry into the child welfare system and their association with justice system involvement
The association between strengths and post-residential treatment needs of youth in the child welfare system
Trauma is only part of the story
INTRODUCTION: Many youth in foster care endure traumatic experiences (TE) that can lead to lasting negative outcomes. However, the identification of strengths may mitigate the impact of TE. METHODS: This study examines the frequency and distribution of identified strengths; whether strengths moderate the association between TE and various outcomes; and whether certain strengths have a larger moderation effect on the association between TE and lif…
Empowering transition age youth through trauma-informed, strengths-based, youth-centered, and anti-racist practices
Psychometric Properties of a Survey of Knowledge and Attitude Change in Residential Staff Receiving Training in Trauma-Informed Care
Trauma-informed care has received increased attention in the scientific literature and clinical practice (Becker-Blease, 2017; Purtle, 2020; Stokes et al., 2024); however, evaluation of the implementation and effectiveness of these efforts is limited (Purtle, 2020). This study addresses this gap by exploring the psychometric properties of the Modularized Think Trauma Evaluation Questionnaires (M-TTEQs). The M-TTEQs were developed to assess frontl…
Youth‐Reported Strengths and Challenges in Illinois Child Welfare Residential Care
This study explores qualitative data capturing the strengths and challenges of residential care from the perspective of 512 youth in Illinois child welfare residential care in November 2018. Ninety percent of eligible youth participated in a Youth Experience of Care survey, with youth providing more negative than positive feedback about residential care. Themes that emerged from youths' feedback, in descending order of frequency, included program…
Trauma-Informed Strategies for Juvenile Justice Systems Transformation
Trauma-informed care (TIC) in juvenile justice (JJ) settings is often recommended but rarely implemented as a system-wide intervention. This manuscript describes the Cook County Model of system transformation, a trauma-focused model that emerged from an ongoing partnership between clinicians and researchers at Northwestern University, a diverse group of juvenile justice professionals in Cook County, Illinois, and community stakeholders. The Cook …
Child Abuse and Trauma (14 works) · Psychology (11 works) · Medicine (9 works) · Child Welfare and Adoption (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (8 works) · Clinical Psychology (7 works) · Developmental psychology (7 works) · Homelessness and Social Issues (6 works) · Psychiatry (6 works) · Welfare (6 works)