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The Association Between Student-Teacher Relationship Quality and Exclusionary Discipline

Mellerski, Renae (2022-12)

Exclusionary discipline practices routinely exclude students from the academic environment through means such as office discipline referrals, suspension, and expulsion. These strategies, in turn, initiate student involvement ...
Factors influencing allies’ roles within schools: knowledge, attitudes, and barriers

Church, Allyson Marie (2022-05)

The current study sought to examine factors influencing LGBTQ allies’ roles within middle and high schools. This was an expansion upon Swanson and Gettinger’s (2016) study by using their Providing Services & Supports for ...
The relationship between teachers’ cultural competence and referrals for multitiered system of supports among racial/ethnic minority students

Ferguson, Shanay (2022)

The current study examined the relationship between teachers’ cultural competence and Multitiered System of Supports (MTSS) referrals for students belonging to racial/ethnic minority groups. Teachers serving grades ...
Media Literacy: A Direct Instruction Approach for Improving Children's Technical and Social Understanding

Wascher, Barbara Lee (2021-12)

In looking at relevant literature over recent decades, there is a distinct trend of increases in access, use, and ownership of internet-capable devices, social media, and technology in general. Current literature suggests ...
The Use of Play Therapy by School-Based Mental Health Professionals: An Examination of Current Training, Practices, and Mediating Factors

Black, Erin Carroll (2021-08)

The current state of mental health for children living in the United States is a concerning matter. Play therapy is a viable treatment method to serve individuals with various mental health issues (Homeyer & Morrison, ...
Is There a “Happy Filter” on Instagram? The Associations Between Instagram Use, Social Comparison, and Depressive Symptoms

Zielenski, Alicia (2021-07)

The current study sought to examine the psychological cohort effects of increased Instagram use in adolescents. Specifically, the associations between Instagram usage and depressive symptoms were examined. Furthermore, ...
Cognitive Flexibility Growth Patterns and Speech and Language Skills Among School Age Children

Miller, Erica Anne (2021-05)

This study investigated the cognitive flexibility trajectories of children in grades kindergarten through fifth grade. The study utilized the longitudinal data from the Early Childhood Longitudinal Study, Class of 2010-2011 ...
Validation of the School Principals’ Servant Leadership Behaviors Scale with a population from the United States

Thurston, Kim Marie (2020-11)

The purpose of this study was to validate the results of Ekinci’s original research study conducted to the School Principals’ Servant Leadership Behaviors Scale (SPSLBS), a scale measuring the servant leadership behaviors ...
Social Network Site Use and Body Image Among Adolescents

Koktowski, Krysten (2020)

This study analyzed the relationships between social network site use and body image in adolescents, while taking into account internalized body ideals. Social network sites are a newer form of social media and the research ...
Overparenting and its Association with Externalizing Problems in Young Children

Schmidinger, Nicole (2020)

Overparenting is a concept that has gained recent popularity in media and research. It is characterized by developmentally inappropriate levels of overinvolvement in a child’s life. Overparenting can prevent children from ...
Beyond a Runner's High: Assessing the Relationship Between Trait Mindfulness and Running Activity in Adolescents

McGlynn, Bridget Anne (2020)

Mindfulness has been increasingly demonstrated as an effective intervention for improving various mental health outcomes such as anxiety, depression, stress levels, and quality of life. In more recent years, studies have ...
Teaching the Teachers to Educate Students With Severe Disabilities in Inclusive Classrooms: How Are Teacher Training Programs Preparing Preservice Teachers?

Donnelly, Samuel Joseph (2020-04)

The inclusion of students with severe disabilities (SWSD) in general education classes is becoming increasingly prevalent. Consequently, general education teachers need to have adequate training to meet the unique learning ...
A Growth Mindset Intervention with Elementary-Age Children

Wolferd, Jaclyn (2020)

Growth Mindset has become a popular topic in education over the last decade. It refers to a theory of intelligence developed by Carol Dweck in which it is believed that a person can increase their intelligence through hard ...
Surviving or Thriving: An Exploratory Analysis Measuring the Awareness and Perceptions of Educators Toward the Social-emotional needs of Siblings of Children With Disabilities

Barnes, Jalisa A. (2019-12)

There are approximately 6 million children in the U.S. who receive special education services to address an identified disability. Many of these children live with typically developing siblings (referred to in this study ...
The Relationship Between Mindfulness and Academic Achievment in Middle School Students

Gugino-Sullivan, Diana Marie (2019)

The field of mindfulness has grown significantly in terms of interest, research, and practice. However, as mindfulness-related research regarding the adult population has significantly increased, there is limited ...
The Transparency and Monitoring of the Dignity for All Students Act

Long, Leigh Ann (2019)

This study examines the relative effectiveness of New York State’s Dignity for All Students Act (DASA) reporting system, as well as the quantitative patterns of reported incidents of harassment and discrimination made by ...
More Than One Perspective: Participatory Action Research of Curricular Racial Integration in an American Higher Education University

Yearwood, Danielle (2019)

Since the landmark Brown v. Board of Education Supreme Court decision in 1954, which stated that legally-supported school segregation was harmful to children’s self-concept, researchers and educators have questioned whether ...
The Relationship Between Executive Functioning and Externalizing Behavior Problems During Elementary School

Longo, Zachary Thomas (2019)

The present study investigated the relationship between two major components of executive functioning (EF) and externalizing behavior problems (EBP) during the early elementary years. More specifically, Working Memory ...
Why Parents Seek Private Psychoeducational Evaluations at Personal Expense

Jerome, Erin Betsy (2019)

This was an exploratory study that sought to answer why parents seek private psychoeducational evaluations for their children. Parents from a national sample (N = 139) answered survey and narrative response items including ...
Oats, Peas, Beans, and Early Literacy Skills Grow: A Program Evaluation of Education Through Music

Lehman, Laura Diane (2019-04)

The acquisition of literacy skills is a complex and multi-faceted process that begins long before typical school-based literacy instruction. The present study sought to examine and expand research regarding the independent ...

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