EVALUATION AND COMMUNITY OUTREACH

It is my duty as a psychologist-in-training to use the power and privileges that come along with doctoral education to help co-create self-sufficient, sustainable, resilient communities.

I accomplish this in two ways: (1) consultation and evaluation services and (2) community engagement and outreach through tabling, invited speeches, and trainings. In the past, I have delivered trainings and lectures on implicit bias in clinical work and evidence-based therapeutic treatments for trauma in adolescent populations. I am available to offer free trainings and lectures to the community. If interested, please e-mail me at kwhaling@ucsb.edu

I have training in consultation and evaluation. For two years, I have been the grant manager of a project evaluating local community agencies who provide services for formerly incarcerated youth, youth currently in gangs, and/or youth at-risk of becoming justice-involved/gang-involved.

Evaluation and Community Outreach: About Me

In the past, I have contributed to evaluations of a therapeutic wrap-around program for youth who have experienced commercial sexual exploitation, mental health treatment court, substance abuse treatment court, gender-responsive juvenile hall programming, child welfare services, and county behavioral wellness.

Below is a list of technical manuscripts/outcome reports that are delivered to community agencies at the culmination of the evaluation. Please e-mail me at kwhaling@ucsb.edu if you would like a sample of any of these reports.

Janes, L., Jaramillo, N., Der Sarkissian, A., Whaling, K., Guzman, S., Toscano, A., Stelling, A., Powers, M., Gonzalez, J.C., Palacios, E., Pacheco, D., Scott, M., Hunnicutt, K. L., Sharkey, J. D., (2018). Santa Barbara County Mental Health Treatment Court Process Evaluation: Santa Barbara Mental Health Treatment Court. A report funded by the Public Safety Realignment Act, Santa Barbara County Probation, Santa Barbara, CA.

Sharkey, J., Der Sarkissian, A., Whaling, K., Saad, C., Gonzalez, C.J., Janes, L., Jaramillo, N. (2018). Investigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Santa Barbara County’s Child Welfare Services: 2018 R.E.D. CWS Evaluation Report. Santa Barbara County Probation Department, Santa Barbara County Department of Social Services, and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Sharkey, J., Saad, C., Whaling, K., Der Sarkissian, A., Janes, L., & Gonzalez, J.C. (2018). Investigating Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Santa Barbara County’s Department of Behavioral Wellness: 2018 R.E.D. BeWell Evaluation Report. Santa Barbara County Probation Department, Santa Barbara County Department of Behavioral Wellness, and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Wroblewski, A., Sharkey, J., Der Sarkissian, A., & Whaling, K. (2018). Cross Collaboration at Santa Maria Juvenile Hall: 2018 Evaluation Report. Santa Barbara County Probation Department, Santa Barbara County Special Education Local Plan Area (SELPA), the Department of Behavioral Wellness, and the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB).

Plunkett, S. W., Whaling, K., & Bakhtiari, F. (2014). Building connections for success: CSUN Title V evaluation report #3. California State University Northridge.

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Below is a list of technical manuscripts/outcome reports that are delivered to community agencies at the culmination of the evaluation. Please e-mail me at kwhaling@ucsb.edu if you would like a sample of any of these reports.

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Plunkett, S. W., Whaling, K., & Bakhtiari, F. (2014). Building connections for success: CSUN Title V evaluation report #3. California State University Northridge.