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Krista Kutash, PhD

Biography:

Dr. Kutash is Professor and Deputy Director of the Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health at the University of South Florida in Tampa. She has had clinical experience as a social worker before devoting full time to research and training. Her doctorate is in Educational Measurement and Research, and she has earned an M.B.A. with a specialty in economics. Dr. Kutash has been with the Center since 1984 and has played a key role in developing the Center's research agenda as well as serving as a consultant and trainer across the country. She has been Principal Investigator on several grants examining issues related to children who have disabilities and their families. Among her extensive publications is a comprehensive review of the empirical base of the system of care for children who have emotional and behavioral disabilities and their families (Kutash & Rivera, 1996) as well as over 100 publications and presentations in the area of improving the outcomes for children. Dr. Kutash holds a joint appointment in the Department of Special Education where she trains doctoral students in the techniques of program evaluation.

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Key Publications On-Line:

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Newman, C., Liberton, C., Kutash, K., & Friedman, R. (Eds.) (2008).Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

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Newman, C., Liberton, C., Kutash, K., & Friedman, R. (Eds.) (2008).Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

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Duchnowski, A. J., & Kutash, K. (2007). Family-driven care. Tampa FL: University of South Florida, The Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies

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Duchnowski, A. J., Kutash, K., & Romney, S. (2006). Voices from the field: A blueprint for schools to increase the involvement of families who have children with emotional disturbances

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Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A. J., & Lynn, N. (2006). School-based mental health: An empirical guide for decision-makers. Tampa: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Dept. of Child and Family Studies, Research and Training Center for Children's Mental Health.

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Newman, C., Liberton, C., Kutash, K., & Friedman, R. (2006). Annual Research Conference Proceedings, A System of Care for Children's Mental Health: Expanding the Research Base. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research and Training Center for Children’s Mental Health.

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Wagner, M., Friend, M., Bursuck, W., Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A., & Sumi, W. C. (2006). Educating students with emotional disturbances: A national perspective on programs and services. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 14, 12-30.

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Wagner, M., Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A. J., & Epstein, M. H. (2005). The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study and the National Longitudinal Transition Study: Study designs and implications for youth with emotional disturbance. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 13(1),25-41.

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Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A. J., & Friedman, R. M. (2005). The system of care twenty years later. In M. H. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. J. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families: Program and evaluation best practices, 2nd ed. (pp. 3-22). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.

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Kutash, K. & Duchnowski, A. (2005). Real manuals for real teachers. Tampa, Florida: University of South Florida, Louis de la Parte Florida Mental Health Institute, Department of Child and Family Studies, The Research Center for Children's Mental Health.

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Wagner, M., Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A.J., & Epstein, M. H. (2005). The children and youth we serve: A national picture of the characteristics of students with emotional disturbances receiving special education. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 13(2), 79-96.

 

Wagner, M, Kutash, K, Duchnowski, AJ, & Epstein, MH (2005). The Special Education Elementary Longitudinal Study (SEELS) and the National Longitudinal Transition Study (NLTS2): Study designs and implications for youth with emotional disturbance. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 13(1), 25-41.

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Duchnowski, A. J., Kutash, K. & Oliveira, B. (2004). Systematically examining school improvement activities including special education. Remedial and Special Education, 25(2), 117-129.

 

Friedman, R.M., Best, K., Armstrong, M., Duchnowski, A., Evans, M., Hernandez, M., Hodges, S., & Kutash, K. (2004). Child mental health policy. In B.L. Levin, J. Petrila, & K. Hennessey (Eds.), Mental health services: A public health perspective, 2nd ed. (pp. 129-156). New York: Oxford University Press.

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Kutash, K., & Duchnowski, A. J. (2004). The mental health needs of youth with emotional and behavioral disabilities placed in special education programs in urban schools. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 13(2), 235-248.

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Duchnowski, A. J. Kutash, K. & Friedman, R. M. (2002). Community-based interventions in a system of care and outcomes framework. In B. J. Burns, & K. Hoagwood (Eds). Community treatment for youth: Evidence-based interventions for severe emotional and behavioral disorders. New York: Oxford University Press, pp.16-37

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Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A. J., Sumi, W. C., Rudo, Z. & Harris, K. M. (2002). A school, family, and community collaborative program for children who have emotional disturbances. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 10(2), 99-107.

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Anderson, J. A., Kutash, K., & Duchnowski, A. J. (2001). A comparison of the academic progress of students with emotional and behavioral disabilities and students with learning disabilities. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 9(2), 106-115.

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Burns, B. J., & Kutash, K. (2000). Child and adolescent measures of functional status. In Handbook of psychiatric measures and outcomes (pp. 357-392). Washington, D.C.: American Psychiatric Association

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Kutash, K., Duchnowski, A. J., Robbins, V., Calvanese, P. K., Oliveira, B., Black, M., & Vaughn, D. (2000). The school and community study: Characteristics of students who have emotional and behavioral disabilities served in restructuring public schools. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 9(2), 175-190.

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Duchnowski, A. J., Hall, K. S., & Kutash, K. (1998). The Alternatives to Residential Treatment Study (ARTS): 12 month outcomes. In M. H. Epstein, K. Kutash, & A. J. Duchnowski (Eds.), Outcomes for children with emotional and behavioral disorders and their families: Program and evaluation best practices, (pp. 55-80). Austin, TX: Pro-Ed.

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Kutash K., & Duchnowski, A. J. (1997). Create comprehensive and collaborative systems. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 5(2), 65-128.

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Greenbaum, P. E., Dedrick, R. F., Friedman, R. M., Kutash, K., Brown, E. C., Lardieri, S. P., & Pugh, A. (1996). National Adolescent and Child Treatment Study (NACTS): Outcomes for children with serious emotional and behavioral disturbance. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 4(3), 130-146.

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