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Herschell, A. D., Kolko, D. J., Hart, J., Brabson, L.A., Gavin, J. G., (2020). Mixed Method Study of Workforce Turnover and Evidence-Based Treatment Implementation in Community Behavioral Health Care Settings. Child Abuse &Neglect, 120, 104419. DOI: 10.1016/j.chiabu.2020.104419

Kolko, D.J., Hart, J.A., Campo, J., Sakolsky, D., Rounds, J., Wolraich, M.L., Wisniewski, S. (2020). Effects of Collaborative Care for Comorbid Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder Among Children with Behavior Problems in Pediatric Primary Care. Clinical Pediatrics, 59, 8, 787-800.

Hsiung, K.S., Colditz, J.B., McGuier, E.A., Switzer, G.E., VonVille, H.M., Folb, B.L, Kolko, D.J. (2021). Measures of Organizational Culture and Climate in Primary Care: A Systematic Review. Journal of General Internal Medicine. 36(2), 487-499.

Snider MDH, Herschell AD, Jackson CB, Funderburk BW, Schaffner KF, Taber-Thomas S &Kolko DJ (2021) Examining the Impact of Treatment Fidelity on Client Outcomes in a Statewide Implementation of Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Child &Family Behavior Therapy, 43:3, 181-202, DOI: 10.1080/07317107.2021.1940589

Molina BSG, Joseph HM, Kipp HL, Lindstrom RA, Pedersen SL, Kolko DJ, Bauer DJ, Subramaniam GA. Adolescents Treated for Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder in Pediatric Primary Care: Characterizing Risk for Stimulant Diversion. J Dev Behav Pediatr., 2021 Sep 1;42(7):540-552. DOI: 10.1097/DBP.0000000000000923. PMID: 33908377; PMCID: PMC9090190.

McGuier EA, Kolko DJ, Joseph HM, Kipp HL, Lindstrom RA, Pedersen SL, Subramaniam GA, Molina BSG. Use of Stimulant Diversion Prevention Strategies in Pediatric Primary Care and Associations With Provider Characteristics. J Adolesc Health. 2021 Apr;68(4):808-815. DOI: 10.1016/j.jadohealth.2020.12.006. Epub 2021 Jan 11. PMID: 33446402; PMCID: PMC8012236.

Jackson CB, Herschell AD, Scudder AT, Hart J, Schaffner KF, Kolko DJ, Mrozowski S. Making Implementation Last: The Impact of Training Design on the Sustainability of an Evidence-Based Treatment in a Randomized Controlled Trial. Adm Policy Ment Health. 2021 Sep;48(5):757-767. DOI: 10.1007/s10488-021-01126-6. Epub 2021 Mar 17. PMID: 33728558.

Quetsch LB, Herschell AD, Kolko DJ, Liebsack BK, Carroll RA (2022). Testing a community developed training protocol for an evidence-based treatment. Evaluation and Program Planning, 92. DOI: DOI: 10.1016/j.evalprogplan.2022.102055.

McGuier EA, Rothenberger SD, Friedman A, Kolko DJ. An equivalence analysis of provider education in youth mental health care. Health Serv Res. 2021 Jun;56(3):440-452. DOI: 10.1111/1475-6773.13659. Epub 2021 Apr 12. PMID: 33844276; PMCID: PMC8143690.

McGuier, E. A., Kolko, D. J., &Dubowitz, H. (2022). Public policy and parent-child aggression: Considerations for reducing and preventing physical punishment and abuse. Aggression and Violent Behavior, 65, 101635. DOI: 10.1016/j.avb.2021.101635

Shaffer, A., Rodriguez, V. J., Kolko, D. J., Pilkonis, P. A., &Lindhiem, O. (2022). Measurement Invariance in the Alabama Parenting Questionnaire: Implications for Culturally Inclusive Parenting Research. Journal of Family Issues, 43(8), 2040–2062. DOI: 10.1177/0192513X211030022.

Sequeira SL, Morrow KE, Silk JS, Kolko DJ, Pilkonis PA, Lindhiem O. National Norms and Correlates of the PHQ-8 and GAD-7 in Parents of School-age Children. J Child Fam Stud. 2021;30(9):2303-2314. DOI: 10.1007/s10826-021-02026-x. Epub 2021 Jul 2. PMID: 34230796; PMCID: PMC8249213.

McGuier, E.A., Kolko, D.J., Klem, M.L. et al. Team functioning and implementation of innovations in healthcare and human service settings: a systematic review protocol. Syst Rev, 10, 189 (2021). DOI: 10.1186/s13643-021-01747-w

Herschell, A.D., Scudder, A.D., Hart, J., Schaffner, K., Kolko, D.J., Mrozowski, S. (2021). A Statewide Randomized Controlled Trial to Compare Three Models for Implementing Parent Child Interaction Therapy. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology. 2021/12-18,1-16.

Herschell, A. D., Liebsack, B., Jackson, C., Hart, J., &Kolko, D.J. (in press). Family experiences and feedback: An examination of attrition in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy. Evidence-Based Practice in Child &Adolescent Mental Health. DOI: 10.1080/15374416.2021.2001745

Liebsack, B., Herschell, A.D., Hart, J., Kolko, D. J., &Jackson , C. B. (2021) Family Experiences and Feedback: An Examination of Attrition in Parent-Child Interaction Therapy, Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, DOI: 10.1080/23794925.2021.2007819

Kolko, D.J., McGuier, E.A., Turchi, R., Thompson, E., Iyengar, S., Smith, S.N., Hoagwood, K., Liebrecht, C., Bennett, I.M., Powell, B.J., Kelleher, K., Silva, M., Kilbourne, A. M. (2022). Care Team and Practice Level Implementation Strategies to Optimize Pediatric Collaborative Care: Study Protocol for a Cluster-Randomized Hybrid Type III Trial. Implementation Science, 17:20.

Quetsch, L., Herschell, A.D., Liebsack, B., Carroll, R., &Kolko, D. J. (in press). Testing a Community Developed Training Protocol for an Evidence-based Treatment. Evaluation and Treatment Planning.

Rohan, K. J., Franzen, P. L., Roeckelin, K. A., Siegle, G. J., Kolko, D. J., Postolache, T. T., &Vacek, P. M. (2022). Elucidating treatment targets and mediators within a confirmatory efficacy trial: Study protocol for a randomized controlled trial of cognitive-behavioral therapy vs. light therapy for winter depression. Trials, 23, 383. DOI: 10.1186/s13063-022-06330-9

Byrne, K.A., McGuier, E.A., Campbell, K.A., Shepard, L.D., Kolko, D.J. Thorn, B. &Keeshin, B. (2022). Implementation of a Care Process Model for Pediatric Traumatic Stress in Child Advocacy Centers: A Mixed Methods Study. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse. Published online, October 15, 2022. DOI: 10.1080/10538712.2022.2133759

Lindhiem, O., Burke, J.D., Feldman, J.A. et al. Deficits in Parent Knowledge of Behavior Management Skills is Strongly Associated with CD Symptoms but not ODD Symptoms. J Psychopathol Behav Assess (2022). DOI: 10.1007/s10862-022-09989-1

McGuier EA, Rothenberger SD, Campbell KA, Keeshin B, Weingart LR, Kolko DJ. Team Functioning and Performance in Child Advocacy Center Multidisciplinary Teams. Child Maltreat. 2022 Aug 9:10775595221118933. DOI: 10.1177/10775595221118933. Epub ahead of print. PMID: 35943489.

Radovic, A., Kirk-Johnson, A., Coren, M., George-Milford, B., &Kolko, D. (2022). Stakeholder perspectives on digital behavioral health applications targeting adolescent depression and suicidality: Policymaker, provider, and community insights. Implementation Research and Practice, 3. DOI: 10.1177/26334895221120796

Kolko, D. J., Foster, K.T., Torres, E., Hart, J., Rounds, J., &Rumbarger, K. (in press). Sexual Offense Disclosure Assessment in Youth Referred to Community Treatment: A Latent Class Analysis. Sexual Abuse.

McGuier, E.A., Gregory A.A. Byrne; K.A., Campbell, K.A., Keeshin, B., Rothenberger, S.D., Weingart, L.R., Salas, E., & Kolko, D.J. (in press). Associations between teamwork and implementation outcomes in multidisciplinary cross-sector teams implementing a mental health screening and referral protocol Implementation Science Communications.

Coren, M., Peterson, N., Lindhiem, O.D., &Kolko, D. J. (in press). National Norms and Percentiles for the Pediatric Emotional Distress Scale. Journal of Child &Adolescent Trauma.

McGuier, E. A., Aarons, G. A., Wright, J., Fortney, J.C., Powell, B. J., Rothenberger, B., Weingart L. R., Miller, E., Kolko, D. J. (in press). Team-focused implementation strategies to improve implementation of mental health screening and referral in rural Children’s Advocacy Centers. Study protocol for a pilot cluster randomized hybrid type 2 trial. Implementation Science Communications.

Selected Publications

SAFE

Brown, E.J. & Kolko, D.J. (1998). Treatment efficacy and program evaluation with juvenile sexual abusers: A critique with directions for service delivery and research. Child Maltreatment, 3, 362-373.

Fanniff, A.M. & Kolko, D. J. (2011). Victim Age-Based Subtypes of Juveniles Adjudicated for Sexual Offenses: Comparisons Across Domains in an Outpatient Sample. Sexual Abuse: A Journal of Research and Treatment 1079063211416516, first published on November 29, 2011 as DOI: 10.1177/1079063211416516

Kolko, D.J. (1986). Social cognitive skills training with a sexually abused and abusive child psychiatric inpatient: Training, generalization, and follow up. Journal of Family Violence, 1, 149-166.

Kolko, D. J., Noel, C., Thomas, G., Torres, E. (2004). Cognitive-behavioral treatment for adolescent sexual offenders and their families: Individual and family applications in a collaborative outpatient program. Journal of Child Sexual Abuse, 13, 157-192.

AF-CBT

Child Abuse/Family Conflict - Child Welfare

Kolko, D. J. (1996a). Individual cognitive-behavioral treatment and family therapy for physically abused children and their offending parents: A comparison of clinical outcomes. Child Maltreatment, 1, 322-342.

Kolko, D.J. (1996b). Clinical monitoring of treatment course in child physical abuse: Psychometric characteristics and treatment comparisons. Child Abuse & Neglect, 20(1), 23-43.

Kolko, D.J., Iselin, A.M., & Gully, K.J. (2011). Evaluation of the sustainability and clinical outcome of Alternatives for Families: Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (AF-CBT) in a child protection center. Child Abuse & Neglect, 35, 105-163.

Kolko, D. J., Baumann, B. L., Herschell, A. D., Hart, J. A., & Wisniewski, S. (2012). Implementation of AF-CBT by Community Practitioners Serving Mental Health and Child Welfare: A Randomized Trial. Child Maltreatment, 17, 32-46.

Kolko, D. J., & Laubach, J. Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy – An Overview. In R. Reece (Ed). Child Abuse Treatment: Common Ground for Mental Health, Medical and Legal Professionals. Johns Hopkins University Press: Baltimore, MD.

Kolko, D. J., Simonich, H., & Loiterstein, A. (in press). Alternatives for Families: A Cognitive Behavioral Therapy. An Overview and a Case Example. In A. Urquiza & S. Timmer (Eds.),Evidence-Based Approaches for the Treatment of Maltreated Children. New York: Springer.

Mammen, O.K., Kolko, D.J., and Pilkonis, P.A. (2003). Parental cognitions and satisfaction: relationship to aggressive parental behavior in child physical abuse. Child Maltreatment, 8, 288-301.

Mammen, O. K., Kolko, D. J., & Pilkonis, P.A. (2002). Negative affect and parental aggression in child physical abuse. Child Abuse & Neglect, 26, 407-424.

Kolko, D. J., Kolko, R. P. (2009). Psychological impact and treatment of child physical abuse. In Carole Jenny (ed.), Child abuse and neglect: Diagnosis, treatment and evidence. Philadelphia: Saunder/Elsevier, Inc

Kolko, D. J., Swenson, C. C. (2002). Assessing and treating physically abused children and their families: A cognitive-behavioral approach. Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage Publications.

Children’s Behavior Disorders - Mental Health

Kolko, D. J., Dorn, L. D., Bukstein, O. G., Pardini, D., Holden, E. A.., & Hart, J. D. (2009). Community vs. clinic-based modular treatment of children with early-onset ODD or CD: A clinical trial with three-year follow-up. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology, 37, 591-609.

Kolko, D. J., Campo, J. V., Kelleher, K., & Cheng, Y. (2010). Improving Access to Care and Clinical Outcome for Pediatric Behavioral Problems: A Randomized Trial of a Nurse-Administered Intervention in Primary Care. Journal of Behavioral and Developmental Pediatrics, 31, 393-404.

Kolko, D. J., Campo, J. V., Kilbourne, A. & Kelleher, K. (2012). Doctor-Office Collaborative Care for Pediatric Behavior Problems: A Preliminary Clinical Trial. Archives of Pediatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166, 224-231.

Kolko, D. J., Campo, J. V., Kilbourne, A., Hart, J., Sakolsky, D., & Wisniewski, S. (in press). Collaborative Care Outcomes for Pediatric Behavioral Health Problems: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Pediatrics.

SKIP for PA

Kolko, D. J. (2009). Options for the delivery of mental health services. In T. K. McInerny (Ed.), American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Kolko, D. J., Campo, J. V., Kelleher, K., Cheng, Y. (2010). Improving access to care and clinical outcome for pediatric behavioral problems: A randomized trial of a nurse-administered intervention in primary care. Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics, 31, 393-404.

Kolko, D. J., Cheng, Y., Campo, J. V., & Kelleher, K. (2011). Moderators and Predictors of Clinical Outcome in a Randomized Trial for Behavior Problems in Pediatric Primary Care. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36(7), 753-765.

Lindhiem, O., & Kolko, D. (2011). Trajectories of Symptom Reduction During Treatment for Behavior Problems in Pediatric Primary-Care Settings. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research, 38(6), 486-494.

Kolko DJ. Options for the delivery of mental health services. In: McInerny TK, ed. American Academy of Pediatrics Textbook of Pediatric Care. Elk Grove Village, IL: American Academy of Pediatrics; 2009.

Kolko DJ, Campo JV, Kelleher K, Cheng Y. (2010). Improving access to care and clinical outcome for pediatric behavioral problems: A randomized trial of a nurse-administered intervention in primary care. Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics, 31(5), 393-404.

Kolko DJ, Cheng Y, Campo JV, Kelleher K. (2011). Moderators and Predictors of Clinical Outcome in a Randomized Trial for Behavior Problems in Pediatric Primary Care. Journal of Pediatric Psychology, 36(7), 753-765.

Kolko DJ, Campo JV, Kilbourne AM, Kelleher K. (2012). Doctor-office collaborative care for pediatric behavioral problems. Archives of Pedatrics & Adolescent Medicine, 166(3), 224-231. Accessed November 8, 2011.

Kolko, D. J., Campo, J. V., Kilbourne, A., Hart, J., Sakolsky, D., & Wisniewski, S. (2014). Collaborative Care Outcomes for Pediatric Behavioral Health Problems: A Cluster Randomized Trial. Pediatrics.

Child Physical Abuse/Family Confict

Silverman, W.K., Ortiz, C.D., Viswesvaran, C., Burns, B. J., Kolko, D. J., Putnam, F. W., Amaya-Jackson, L. (2008). Evidence-based psychosocial treatments for children and adolescents exposed to traumatic events. Journal of Clinical Child and Adolescent Psychology, 37(1), 156-183.

Kolko, D. J., Cohen, J.A., Mannarino, A.P., Baumann, B.L., Knudsen, K. (2009). Community treatment of sexually traumatized children: A survey of practitioners in the National Child Traumatic Stress Network. Administration and Policy in Mental Health and Mental Health Services Research.

Cohen, J. A. Kolko, D. J. (2009). Transforming trauma: Recognizing and responding to posttraumatic stress disorder symptoms in children and adolescents. In McInerny, T. K., Adam, H. M., Campbell, D.E., Kamat, D. M., Kelleher, K. J. (Eds.), American academy of pediatrics textbook of pediatric care(1st Ed). Elk Grove Village: IL: American Academy of Pediatrics.

Kolko, D. J., Hurlburt, M., Zhang, J., Barth, R., Leslie, L., Burns, B. J. (in press). Posttraumatic stress symptoms in children and adolescents receiving child welfare services: A national sample of in-home and out-of-home care. Child Maltreatment.

Kolko, D. J., Campo, J.V., Kelleher, K., Cheng, Y. (accepted with revisions). On-site, nurse-administered behavioral intervention for the treatment of behavior problems in pediatric primary care: A clinical trial.

Firesetting

SAFETY

Kolko, D. J. (Ed.) (2002). Handbook on firesetting in children and youth. New York: Kluwer/Academic Press. Kolko, D. J., Herschell, A. D., Scharf, D.M. (2006). Education and treatment for children who set fires: Specificity, moderators, and predictors of recidivism. Journal of Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, 14 (4), 227-239.

Kolko, D. J., Scharf, D.M., Herschell, A. D., Wilcox, D., Okulitch, J., Pinsonnealt, I. (2008). A Survey of Juvenile Firesetter Intervention Programs in North America: Overall Description and Comparison of Independent vs. Coalition-based Programs. American Journal of Forensic Psychology, 26 (4), 41-66.