Dr. Kirstin Painter Assistant Professor
Office: OMB 200B
Phone: 940-898-2077
kpainter@twu.edu
Vita

Education:

PhD Social Work, University of Texas at Arlington, 2007; M.S.S.W., University of Texas at Arlington, 1993; BS Music Therapy, Texas Woman's University, 1987

Courses Taught:

Undergraduate at TWU

• Social Research
• Practice II: Practice with Groups and Families 
• Mental Health Treatment of Children and Adolescents

Undergraduate at UTA

• Introduction of Social Work

Graduate at UTA

• Treament of Children and Adolescents
• Social Work Reseach I 

Selected Publications:

• Painter, Kirstin. 2009. "Evidence-Based Practice Model for Youth with Externalizing Disorders." Lambert Academic Publishing AG & Co KG, Koln: Germany
• Painter, Kirstin and Scannapieco. 2009. "Multisystemic Therapy:  Addressing Racial Disparity and its   Effectiveness with Families from Diverse Racial and Ethnic Backgrounds." Journal of Family Social Work.
• Painter, Kirstin and Scannapieco. 2008. "A Review of the Literature on Multisystemic Treatment within an Evidenced Based Framework:  Implications for working with Culturally Diverse Families and Children." Journal of Family Social Work, 12(1).
• Painter, Kirstin. 2008. "A Quasi-experimental Design: The use of Multisystemic Therapy for Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance in a Community Mental Health Setting." Research on Social Work Practice.
• Painter, Kirstin. In Press. "Multisystemic Therapy as an Alternative Community-Based Treatment for Youth with Severe Emotional Disturbance: Empirical Literature Review." Social Work in Mental Health, 7(3).
• Painter,Kirstin. In Press. "Legislation of evidence-based treatments in public mental health: Analysis of benefits and costs." Journal of Health & Social Policy
• Scannapieco, Connell-Carrick, and Painter, Kirstin. 2007. "In Their Own Words: Challenges Facing Youth Aging out of Foster care." Child and Adolescent Social Work Journal.

Research Interests:

• Mental Health
• Community Mental Health
• Evidence-based practices