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Research Interests
Dr. Cassandra Kisiel is a clinical psychologist and a research associate professor at Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine Dr. Kisiel also serves as a primary trauma consultant for the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services. Dr. Kisiel has almost 20 years of experience specializing in complex, developmental trauma, dissociation, and child trauma assessment and evaluation and has written and lectured extensively on the assessment and treatment of children exposed to complex trauma across child-serving settings. She is the primary developer of Child and Adolescent Needs and Strengths (CANS)-Trauma which has applications in numerous child welfare and other child-serving settings across the country.
Training Experience
| 1998 | Internship, Harvard Medical School |
| 1999 | Postdoctoral Fellowship, Boston University |
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine
… → 1998
Research interests
- Adolescent Health
- Behavioral Medicine
- Child Abuse and Neglect
- Child and Adolescent Psychiatry
- Drug Abuse
- Family Medicine
- Substance Use Disorders
- Trauma
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Grants
ILDCFS Performance Improvement Project - Trauma/Behavior Health - FY20
Risser, H. J., Fehrenbach, T., Jordan, N., Kisiel, C. & Martinovich, Z.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
7/1/19 → 6/30/20
Project: Research project
Center for Child Trauma Assessment, Services and Interventions
Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration
9/30/16 → 9/29/21
Project: Research project
ILDCFS Performance Improvement Project - Trauma/Behavior Health - FY18
Fehrenbach, T., Jordan, N., Kisiel, C., Martinovich, Z. & Risser, H. J.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
7/1/17 → 6/30/18
Project: Research project
ILDCFS Performance Improvement Project - Trauma/Behavior Health - FY17
Fehrenbach, T., Holzberg, M. A., Jordan, N., Kisiel, C. & Risser, H. J.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services
7/1/16 → 6/30/17
Project: Research project
Permanency Innovations Initiative
Holzberg, M. A., Jordan, N., Kisiel, C., Martinovich, Z. & McClelland, G. M.
Illinois Department of Children and Family Services, Administration for Children and Families
7/1/15 → 6/30/16
Project: Research project
Research Output
An examination of youth protective factors and caregiver parenting skills at entry into the child welfare system and their association with justice system involvement
Summersett, F. C., Jordan, N., Griffin, G., Kisiel, C., Goldenthal, H. & Martinovich, Z., Apr 2019, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 99, p. 23-35 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
4
Scopus
citations
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 factors
Summersett Williams, F., Martinovich, Z., Kisiel, C., Griffin, G., Goldenthal, H. & Jordan, N., Jan 1 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Public Child Welfare.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
The association between strengths and post-residential treatment needs of youth in the child welfare system
Urban, T. H., Jordan, N., Kisiel, C. & Fehrenbach, T., Apr 1 2019, In : Children and Youth Services Review. 99, p. 226-234 9 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Child strengths and placement stability among racial/ethnic minority youth in the child welfare system
Summersett-Ringgold, F., Jordan, N., Kisiel, C., Sax, R. M. & McClelland, G., Feb 2018, In : Child Abuse and Neglect. 76, p. 561-572 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
2
Scopus
citations
Chronic Illness, Placement Stability, and Hospitalizations within Child Welfare: The Role of Initial Living Arrangement
Weil, L. E. G., Kisiel, C. & Jordan, N., Mar 1 2018, In : Journal of Child and Family Studies. 27, 3, p. 1002-1012 11 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
1
Scopus
citations