The Department of Educational & Clinical Studies hosts a well-defined set of professional, research based, and accredited programs. Our programs emphasize translating theory into practice, including opportunities for students to work in clinical settings under supervision, with different client populations.
Below are theses and dissertations of graduates of the Department of Educational & Clinical Studies, as well as of the Department of Special Education (until 2012),
For the entire collection of UNLV theses and dissertations, visit UNLV Theses, Dissertations, Professional Papers, and Capstones
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Problem Solving Interventions: Impact on Young Children with Developmental Disabilities, Lindsay Ann Diamond
Teaching Online Social Skills to Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Joseph John Morgan
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Investigating the Effects of Addition with Regrouping Strategy Instruction Among Elementary Students with Learning Disabilities, Christi Miller Carmack
Exploring the factors that influence adequate yearly progress within elementary school settings, Shannon Marie Hennrich
Investigating the effects of a combined problem-solving strategy for students with learning difficulties in mathematics, Dustin B. Mancl
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
A Comparison of special education teachers’ and administrators’ perceptions of school climate factors leading to teacher attrition, Jennifer C. Boeddeker
Evaluating and improving the quality of teacher’s language modeling in early childhood classrooms, Lillian White Englund
Effects of social story interventions on preschool age children with and without disabilities, Cori Michelle More
The Efficacy of emotional and instructional support (EIS) training and consultation on Head Start teacher-child interactions, Rory Brown Sipp
Emergent literacy skills of young children with autism: A Comparison of teacher-led and computer-assisted instruction, Jason Christopher Travers
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Teacher and student perceptions of self-determination, Jennifer L. Black
Increasing skill performances of problem-solving in students with intellectual disabilities, Debra Lynn Cote
Effects of explicit subtraction instruction on fifth grade students with learning disabilities, Danielle Ferreira
Exploring the effects of online instruction on reading comprehension achievement of students with learning disabilities, Nancy Shuman Fitzgerald
African American parental beliefs about resiliency: A Delphi study, Vita L. Jones
Effects of a collaborative parent-professional positive behavior support team training on challenging behaviors of children with autism, Traci Elaine Ruppert
Effects of script fading on the abilities of children with autism to reciprocate information, Marc Alan Tedoff
Investigating the emotional intelligence of adolescents with and without disabilities, Leota Tucker
Examining play among young children in single-age and multi-age preschool classroom settings, Mia Song Youhne