Department of Psychiatry Faculty

Education:

B.A., Psychology, Vassar College, 1991
M.A., Clinical-Community Psychology, University of North Carolina at Charlotte, 1996
Ph.D., Clinical-Community Psychology , University of South Carolina, 2000

Research Interests:

Dr. Crusto has extensive experience in the development, implementation, and evaluation of child and family prevention and intervention programs and initiatives. She has 15 years of experience providing training and technical assistance to staff of community-based organizations in program evaluation design and implementation. She has directed several statewide and community-based initiatives and programs focused in the areas of family violence, education, youth substance use/abuse, child protective services, early literacy, service system development, and host of other children’s mental health related issues.

Dr. Crusto’s research interests are focused on understanding the impact of family violence exposure on young children’s well-being and on identifying the factors that serve to place young children at risk and protect against negative developmental outcomes through basic and intervention research.

Complete CV

Publications:

Kaufman, JS; Crusto, CA; Quan, M; Ross, E; Friedman, SR; O'Reilly, K & Call, S. Utilizing program evaluation as a strategy to promote community change: Evaluation of a comprehensive community-based family violence initiative. The American Journal of Community Psychology, 2006, 38(3-4), 191-200.

Friedman, SR; Reynolds, J; Quan, MA; Call, S; Crusto, CA & Kaufman, JS. Measuring changes in interagency collaboration: An examination of the Bridgeport Safe Start Initiative, Evaluation and Program Planning, 2007, 30, 294-306.

Crusto, CA; Lowell, D; Paulcin, B; Reynolds, J; Feinn, R; Friedman, SR & Kaufman, JS. Evaluation of wraparound services for children exposed to violence. Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal, in press.

Berent, R, Crusto, CA; Hightower, D; Epstein, M & Kaufman, JS. Development and psychometric refinement of a screening tool for young children exposed to violence, Best Practices in Mental Health: An International Journal, in press.

Morrissey, E., Wandersman, A., Seybolt, D., Nation, M., Crusto, C., & Davino, K. (1997). Toward a framework for bridging the gap between science and practice in prevention: A focus on evaluator and practitioner perspectives. Evaluation and Program Planning, 20(3), 367- 377.

Wandersman, A., Morrissey, E., Davino, K., Seybolt, D., Crusto, C., Nation, M., Goodman, R., & Imm, P. (1998). Comprehensive quality programming and accountability: Eight essential strategies for implementing successful prevention programs. The Journal of Primary Prevention, 19(1), 3-30.

Kloos, B., Zimmerman, S., Scrimenti, K., & Crusto, C.A. (2002). Landlords as partners for promoting success in supported housing: “It takes more than a lease and a key.” Psychiatric Rehabilitation Journal, 25(3), 235-244.

Ward, N.L., Crusto, C.A., & Gordon, D.M. (2002). The promise of systemic school reform to address educational disparities among low-income and minority youth. The CommunityPsychologist, 35(2), 23-24.

Nation, M., Crusto, C., Kumfer, K., Wandersman, A., Seybolt, D., Morrissey, E., & Davino, K. (2003). What works in prevention: Principles of effective prevention programs. Prevention that works for children and youth. American Psychologist, 58, 6/7 449-456.

Wandersman, A., Flaspohler, P., Ace, A., Ford, L., Imm, P., Chinman, M., Sheldon, J., Andrews, A., Crusto, C., & Kaufman, J. (2003). PIE a la Mode: Mainstreaming evaluation and accountability in each program in every county of a state-wide school readiness initiative. New Directions for Evaluation, 99, 33-49.

Kaufman, J.S., Ross, E., Quan, M.A., O’Reilly, K., & Crusto, C.A . (2004). Building the evaluation capacity of community-based organizations: The Bridgeport Safe Start Initiative. The Community Psychologist, 37(4), 45-47.

Crusto , C.A. , & Wandersman, A. (2004). Setting the stage for accountability and program evaluation in community-based grant-making. In A. Roberts & K. Yeager (Eds.), Desk reference of evidence-based research in health care and human services: Research and outcome measures in health and human services (pp. 162-177). New York: Oxford University Press.

Kaufman, J.S., Crusto, C.A., Quan, M., Ross, E., Friedman, S.R., O’Reilly, K., & Call, S. (in press). Utilizing program evaluation as a strategy to promote community change: Evaluation of a comprehensive community-based family violence initiative. The American Journal of Community Psychology.

Crusto , C.A. , Ross, E., Kaufman, J.S., and The Center for Women and Families of Eastern Fairfield County, Inc. (in press). A practitioner's guide to evaluating domestic violence prevention and treatment programs. In T.P. Gullotta, & R. Hampton (Eds.), The prevention and treatment of interpersonal violence within the African American community: Evidence- based approaches, New York: Springer.

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