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E-mail Coaching of Instructional Consultation Skills: Through the Eyes of Coaches and Consultant-trainees
(2003-10-23)The demand for consultation services is increasing due to educational reforms and changes in special education legal mandates, yet consultation practice and training have not kept pace with this demand. To address the need ... -
EARLY CAREER SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGISTS' PERCEPTION OF MULTICULTURAL COMPETENCE DEVELOPMENT: A GROUNDED THEORY STUDY
(2012)With the demographics of American school children rapidly changing and the demographics of school psychologists remaining relatively unchanged, more than ever school psychologists are working within the cross-cultural zone. ... -
Early Elementary Influences on Student Engagement in Learning
(2006-12-11)Student engagement is a process that combines the attention, interest, investment, and effort students expend in work towards learning. Studies have shown that engagement leads to academic achievement and that disengaged ... -
EARLY INTERNALIZING AND EXTERNALIZING PROBLEMS: AN EXPLORATION OF RISK FOR LATER PROBLEM BEHAVIOR COMORBIDITY
(2015)The comorbidity of problem behaviors within individuals is prevalent and represents a public health concern. To date, extant literature remains inconclusive regarding which presents greater risk for the development of ... -
Educating for Change: How Leadership Education and Training Affect Student Activism in Lesbian, Gay, and Bisexual Undergraduates
(2011)This thesis explored the extent to which leadership education and training experiences predicted student activism in lesbian, gay, and bisexual undergraduate students. The impact of these experiences were compared to the ... -
THE EDUCATIONAL EFFECTS FOR PEDIATRIC RESIDENTS OF A COMPUTER- BASED TRAINING ABOUT THE PART C EARLY INTERVENTION PROGRAM
(2011)This study examined knowledge gains about early intervention programs using a computer-based training with pediatric residents. Fourteen pediatric residents at the University of Maryland School of Medicine were pre-tested, ... -
EDUCATIONAL PLANS BEYOND HIGH SCHOOL: NARRATIVES OF BLACK MALES' POSTSECONDARY DECISION-MAKING PROCESSES
(2008)The enrollment gap between Black male and female undergraduates began in 1960 and has grown significantly over the years. Although a gender gap exists for all racial/ethnic groups, more attention should be paid to one ... -
The Effect of Indirect Interpersonal Exposure to Counseling on Willingness through Attitudes
(2014)The present study examined whether attitudes toward seeking professional psychological help partially mediated the relationship between the frequency and valence of Asian Americans’ indirect interpersonal exposure to ... -
Effect of Instructional Consultation on Academic Achievement in Third Through Fifth Grade
(2011)The present study evaluated the effect of Instructional Consultation (Rosenfield, 1995) on the academic achievement of third through fifth grade students. Students whom teachers did (n = 201) and did not (n = 8119) select ... -
The Effect of Instructional Consultation Teams on Teachers' Reported Instructional Practices
(2007-11-26)A primary goal of Instructional Consultation Teams (IC Teams; Rosenfield & Gravois, 1996) is that students' problems will be prevented or resolved through the provision of services to the adults who serve them. The assumption ... -
The Effect of Living-Learning Program Participation on College Students' Mental Health
(2012)This thesis used Astin's (1993) I-E-O framework to explore how participation in a living-learning program as well as other college environments affected college students' mental health. Data from seven unique institutions ... -
The Effect of Social Problem Solving Ability on the Adjustment of Third-Grade Children
(1983)Many children experience interpersonal problems and frequently these children lack the necessary skills to successfully resolve such issues. Social problem-solving training programs have recently evolved as a means ... -
The Effect of Working Alliance on Client Drop-out for Persons with Disabilities in a State-Federal Vocational Rehabilitation Agency
(2007-08-13)The existence of a working alliance between a counselor and a client has been viewed as a critical component of the therapeutic process in the psychological literature (Bachelor, 1995). The construct of working ... -
The Effectiveness of a Color-Coded, Onset-Rime Reading Intervention With First Grade Students At Serious Risk For Reading Disabilities
(2007-04-25)Beginning readers who are weak decoders usually continue to fall behind in reading as they progress through school, negatively affecting their overall academic performance, self-esteem, and motivation. Therefore, it is ... -
THE EFFECTIVENESS OF POINT-OF-VIEW VIDEO MODELING IN TEACHING SOCIAL INITIATION SKILLS TO CHILDREN WITH AUTISM SPECTRUM DISORDERS
(2016)Deficits in social communication and interaction have been identified as distinguishing impairments for individuals with an autism spectrum disorder (ASD). As a pivotal skill, the successful development of social communication ... -
Effectiveness of School-Based Crisis Intervention: Research and Practice
(2005-11-23)Research comprehensively examining the efficacy of school crisis intervention procedures and strategies is limited and often restricted to either author-based recommendations or descriptive accounts of crisis responses. ... -
EFFECTS OF A CO-TEACHING TEAMING PROGRAM ON THE INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICES OF HIGH SCHOOL GENERAL AND SPECIAL EDUCATION TEACHERS
(2011)Co-teaching is widely used as an option in the delivery of special education services to students with disabilities in accordance with their Individualized Education Programs (IEPs). Students with learning disabilities ... -
THE EFFECTS OF A CONTEXTUALIZED INSTRUCTIONAL PACKAGE ON THE AREA AND PERIMETER PERFORMANCE OF SECONDARY STUDENTS WITH EMOTIONAL AND BEHAVIORAL DISABILITIES
(2007-07-30)The current study examined the effects of an instructional package on the mathematics performance of secondary students with emotional and behavioral disorders (EBD) when applied to grade-appropriate area and perimeter ... -
The Effects of a Structured Parent Tutoring Program on Students' Reading Fluency
(2010)This study examined the effectiveness of a brief parent tutoring intervention on the reading fluency of four second-grade students. The students were all below grade level readers, participating in a structured reading ... -
The Effects of a Systematic Training Package on Secondary Special Education Teachers to Teach Self-Determination Skills to Students with High Incidence Disabilites
(2011)There has been increased interest in and concern about the level of self-determination with which secondary students with disabilities leave high school. While educators acknowledge the importance of teaching such skills, ...