Publications of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas Department of Educational & Clinical Studies Faculty.
Submissions from 2019
Social Competence of Bilingual and Monolingual Native English Speaking Preschoolers: A Comparison of Parent and Teacher Perspectives, Christine M. Baxter, Cori More, Tracy G. Spies, and Chyllis E. Scott
“Asking, Learning, Seeking Out”: An Exploration of Data Literacy for Teaching, Jori S. Beck, Joseph John Morgan, Nancy Brown, Heather Whitesides, and Derek R. Riddle
Understanding Provider Attitudes Regarding Father Involvement in Early Intervention, Sarah L. Curtiss PhD, Brent A. McBride PhD, Kelly Uchima BS, Dan J. Laxman PhD, Rosa M. Santos PhD, Jenna Weglarz-Ward PhD, and Justin Kern
An Online Inclusive Early Childhood Education Approach at a Southwestern University: A Follow-Up Graduate Programme, Jeff Gelfer, Neal Nghia Nguyen, and Conrad Oh-Young
A Phenomenological Investigation of Wellness Within Counselor Education Programs, Brett K. Gleason and Danica G. Hays
Writing in Science: Why, How, and for Whom? A Systematic Literature Review of 20 Years of Intervention Research (1996–2016), Margarita Huerta and Tiberio Garza
Language Minority Students in Community Colleges: An SEM Model Exploring Socio-Academic Variables Related to Persisitence Pertaining to Re-Enrollment, Margarita Huerta, Tiberio Garza, and Hugo A. Garcia
Parent Perspectives of Their Involvement in IEP Development for Children With Autism, Jennifer A. Kurth, Hailey Love, and Jody Pirtle
The Counseling Training Environment Scale: Initial Development and Validity of a Self-Report Measure to Assess the Counseling Training Environment, Jared M. Lau, Kok-Mun Ng, and David B. Vallett
Using a Collaborative Model in Supervision With International Counseling Students, Jared Lau, Yi-Wen Su, Ching-Chen Chen, and Chia-Liang Dai
Using a Collaborative Model in Supervision with International Counseling Students, Jared Lau, Yi-Wen Su, Ching-Chen Chen, and Chia-Liang Dai
Definition, Context, Quality: Current Issues in Research Examining High-Quality Inclusive Education, Hailey R. Love PhD and Eva Horn PhD
Teaching Observational Data Collection to Early Childhood Preservice Educators, Hailey R. Love, Eva Horn, and Zhe An
Exploring Multimodal Representations of Words in a Fourth-Grade English Language Arts Teacher Guide to Support Emergent Bilinguals’ Vocabulary Instruction, Irina Malova, Alain Bengochea, Susan R. Massey, and Mary A. Avalos
Evaluating School Connectedness of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Robbie Jordon Marsh, Kyle Higgins, Joseph Morgan, Therese M. Cumming, Monica Brown, and Michael McCreery
The Meta-Analysis Review: A Valuable Resource for Special Educators, Conrad Oh-Young Ph.D.; John Filler Ph.D.; and Jennifer Buchter Ph.D., M.S.W, LSW
Research-Based Practices for Emergent Bilinguals with Moderate Intellectual Disability: A Review of Literature, Christopher J. Rivera, Joshua Baker, Mona Nasir-Tucktuck, Heike Rüdenauer, and Nicole Atwell
Delivering Performance Feedback to Teachers Using Technology-Based Observation and Coaching Tools, Wendy J. Rodgers PhD, Michael J. Kennedy PhD, Victoria J. VanUitert MT, and Anna Moriah Myers MT
Social Skills and Bullying Prevention Programs, Samuel Y. Song, Michelle Zochowski, Wynn Tashman, Stephanie Houle, and Beth Doll
Content teacher ideologies and perspectives on multilingual learners, Kara Mitchell Viesca, Tracy Gray, Jessica Masterson, Kelly E. Demers, Barbara Dray, Diep Nguyen, Karen Terrell, Michelle Guzman Torres, and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola
What Early Intervention Looks Like in Child Care Settings: Stories From Providers, Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward, Rosa Milagros Santos, and Loretta A. Hayslip
Enhancing Self-Determination Skills for Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Katelyn J. Zirkus and Joseph J. Morgan
Submissions from 2018
Compressibility And Thermoelectric Behavior Of Ticosb Half-heusler Compound At High Pressures, J L. Baker, R S. Kumar, C Park, N Velisavljevic, and A Cornelius
Teaching Emergent Literacy Skills to Students With Autism Spectrum Disorder, Joshua N. Baker PhD; Christopher Rivera PhD; Stephanie Devine MEd; and Lee Mason PhD, BCBA-D
The Mediating Role of Exclusionary School Organizations in Pre-service Teachers’ Constructions of Inclusion, Margaret R. Beneke, Thomas M. Skrtic, Chunlan Guan, Sorcha Hyland, Zhe Gigi An, Turkey Alzahrani, Hatice Uyanik, Jennifer M. Amilivia, and Hailey R. Love
Visual Supports to Promote Science Discourse for Middle and High School Students With Autism Spectrum Disorders, Juliet Hart Burnett, Rebecca Trillo, and Cori M. More
Lesson of Emotions in the Family: The Role of Emotional Intelligence in the Relation between Filial Piety and Life Satisfaction among Taiwanese College Students, Wei-Wen Chen, Jin Jin Yan, and Ching-Chen Chen
Promoting Employee Handbook Comprehension for Postsecondary Students with Intellectual Disability and Autism Spectrum Disorders, Stephanie M. Devine, Joshua N. Baker, K. Ryan Wennerlind, and Mona Nasir-Tucktuck
Bilingual language interventions for young dual language learners with disabilities, Lillian Duran and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola
Native Mexican Parents’ Beliefs About Children’s Literacy and Language Development: A Mixed-Methods Study, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Alain Bengochea, Laura Justice, Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, and Anita McCormick
Parent Empowerment: Listening to Their Voices, Yun-Ju Hsiao, Kyle Higgins, and Lindsay Diamond
Parent Empowerment: Respecting Their Voices, Yun-Ju Hsiao, Kyle Higgins, and Lindsay Diamond
Science Teacher Attitudes Towards English Learners, Margarita Huerta, Tiberio Garza, Julie K. Jackson, and Manognya Murukutla
Language Minority Students In Community Colleges: An Sem Model Exploring Socio-academic Variables Related To Persistence Pertaining To Re-enrollment, M Huerta, T Garza, and H A. García
Examining the Effects of a Professional Development Initiative on English Learning and Economically Disadvantaged Adolescents’ Scores on a High-Stakes Science Test, Julie K. Jackson, Margarita Huerta, Tiberio Garza, and Rose Narvaez
A Multi-method Investigation of Literacy and Language Practices in Mexican Early Childhood Programs, Laura M. Justice, Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, Jorge Gonzalez, Alain Bengochea, and Anita McCormick
International Students in Community Colleges: On-Campus Services Used and Its Affect on Sense of Belonging, Jared Lau, Tiberio Garza, and Hugo Garcia
Legal and Ethical Considerations Regarding the Integration of Assistive and Educational Technology for Students with Disabilities: Perspectives from the United States of America, Joseph John Morgan, Kristopher H. Yeager, Sarah J. Murphy, and Tracy Griffin Spies
A Comparison of Peer Network and Peer Video Modeling to Increase Positive Verbal Social Interactions in Young Children With Disabilities, Conrad Oh-Young, John Filler, Maryssa Kucskar, Jennifer Buchter, Kathleen O'Hara, and Jeffrey Gelfer
Promoting Choice Making for Students with Disabilities, Shannon Lynn Sparks, Dolores Williamson, Kyle Higgins, and Tom Pierce
“But That’s Not How I Write”: Writing, Teaching Writing, and English Learners, Tracy G. Spies, Ed Nagelhout, Cristina L. Reding, and Cristina Reding
Introduction to the Special Issue: Successful Inclusion for Students With Disabilities Who Are Learning English, Tracy Griffin Spies PhD and Gregory A. Cheatham PhD
Inviting Dad to the Dance: The Importance of Father-Child Interactions in Early Childhood, Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward, Rosa A. Santos, Daniel J. Laxman, Brent A. McBride, and Sarah L. Curtiss
Parent and Professional Perceptions of Inclusion in Childcare: A Literature Review, Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward and Rosa Milagros Santos
Factors That Support and Hinder Including Infants with Disabilities in Child Care, Jenna W. Weglarz-Ward, Rosa Milagros Santos, and Jennifer Timmer
Counseling Individuals with Addictive Behaviors, Sibyl West, Brittany Pollard, and Christopher T. Wood
The Dimensionality of Oral Language in Kindergarten Spanish–English Dual Language Learners, Gloria Yeomans-Maldonado, Alain Bengochea, and Carol Mesa
Submissions from 2017
Improving Preservice Teacher Vocabulary Instruction: A Randomized Controlled Trial, Kat D. Alves, Michael J. Kennedy, Ryan O. Kellems, Jade Wexler, Wendy J. Rodgers, John Elwood Romig, and Katherine N. Peeples
Giant Pressure-Induced Enhancement of Seebeck Coefficient and Thermoelectric Efficiency in SnTe, Jason Baker, Ravhi Kumar, Changyong Park, Curtis Kenney Benson, Andrew Cornelius, and Nenad Velisavljevic
Holocene Warming in Western Continental Eurasia Driven by Glacial Retreat and Greenhouse Forcing, Jonathan L. Baker, Matthew S. Lachniet, Olga Chervyatsova, Yemane Asmerom, and Victor J. Polyak
Examining Conditions for Empathy in Counseling: An Exploratory Model, Hannah B. Bayne and Danica G. Hays
Print knowledge in Yucatec Maya–Spanish bilingual children: an initial inquiry, Alain Bengochea, Laura M. Justice, and Maria J. Hijlkema
An Emergent Bilingual Child's Multimodal Choices in Sociodramatic Play, Alain Bengochea, Sabrina F. Sembiante, and Mileidis Gort
Education Technology and Distance Supervision in Counselor Education, Robert Carlisle, Danica G. Hays, Shana Pribesh, and Christopher T. Wood
Education Technology and Distance Supervision in Counselor Education, Robert Carlisle, Danica G. Hays, Shana Pribesh, and Christopher T. Wood
Is the Incremental Theory of Intelligence a Key to Students’ Motivational Engagement? The Moderating Effects of Self-enhancement and Self-criticism., Wei-Wen Chen, Ching-Chen Chen, Chia-Liang Dai, Nok Man U, and Lin Cheng
The Relationship Between Counselors’ Multicultural Counseling Competence and Poverty Beliefs, Madeline Clark, Jeff Moe, and Danica G. Hays
School connectedness for students with disabilities: From theory to evidence-based practice, Therese Cumming, Robbie Marsh, and Kyle Higgins
Cultivating Global Citizens for the Global Good, Hugo Garcia, Katie Yeaton, Jessica Soria, and Margarita Huerta
An Undergraduate Inclusive Teacher Preparation Programme in Early Childhood Education: An Online Delivery Approach, Jeffrey I. Gelfer and Neal Nguyen
Exploring Cognitively Accessible Academic Lessons for Students with Intellectual Disabilities Using the iPad, Jamie Linn Gunderson, Kyle Higgins, Joseph J. Morgan, Richard Tandy, and Monica R. Brown
Parenting under fire: Serving families of those who serve and protect., Kimberly A. Hile, Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward, Robyn R. DiPetro-Wells, Rosa M. Santos, and Michaelene M. Ostrosky
Parental Stress, Family Quality of Life, and Family-teacher Partnerships: Families of Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Yun-Ju Hsiao, Kyle Higgins, Tom Pierce, Peggy J. Schaefer Whitby, and Richard D. Tandy
Introducing the Content Acquisition Podcast Professional Development Process: Supporting Vocabulary Instruction for Inclusive Middle School Science Teachers, Michael J. Kennedy, Wendy J. Rodgers, John Elwood Romig, Hannah Morris Mathews, and Katherine N. Peeples
Universal Design for Learning: Supporting College Inclusion for Students With Intellectual Disabilities, Matthew L. Love MEd, Joshua N. Baker PhD, and Stephanie Devine
Using E-Books to Acquire Foundational Academic Vocabulary, Matthew L. Love, Tracy G. Spies, and Joseph J. Morgan
The Effects of Sex and Race on Academic Alienation among Iranian Students, Hojjat Mahmoudi, Monica R. Brown, Javad Amani Saribagloo, and Zahra Jalilzadeh-Mohammadi
Provision of Mental Health Services to Students With Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, Robbie J. Marsh, Joseph J. Morgan, Kyle Higgins, Allison Lark, and Jack Thomas Watts
Analysis of Restraint and Seclusion Legislation and Policy Across States: Adherence to Recommended Principles, Teri A. Marx and Joshua N. Baker
Father Involvement in Early Intervention: Exploring the Gap Between Service Providers’ Perceptions and Practices, Brent A. McBride, Sarah L. Curtiss, Kelly Uchima, Daniel J. Laxman, Rosa M. Santos, Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward, Wm. Justin Dyer, Laurie M. Jeans, and Justin Kern
Parent Book Talk to Accelerate Spanish Content Vocabulary Knowledge, Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Teresa Satterfield, Jose R. Benki, Juana Vaquero, and Camille Ungco
The Effects of Content Enriched Shared Book Reading vs. Vocabulary-Only Discussions on the Vocabulary Outcomes of Preschool Dual Language Learners., Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, Jorge Gonzalez, Laura Saenz, Nora Resendez, Oi-man Kwok, Leina Zhu, and Heather Davis
The Effects of Developing English Language and Literacy on Spanish Reading Comprehension, Tracy G. Spies, Rafael Lara-Alecio, Fuhui Tong, Beverly J. Irby, Tiberio Garza, and Margarita Huerta
Maternal Inferential Input and Children’s Language Skills, Virginia L. Tompkins, Alain Bengochea, Susanna Nicol, and Laura M. Justice
A call for, and beginner's guide to, measurement invariance testing in evolutionary psychology, Shanshan Wang, Ching-Chen Chen, Chia-Liang Dai, and George Richardson
Consultation Corner (August 2017), Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward
Consultation Corner (December 2017), Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward
Consultation Corner (November 2017), Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward
Consultation Corner (October 2017), Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward
Consultation Corner (September 2017), Jenna M. Weglarz-Ward
Submissions from 2016
High-Pressure Seebeck Coefficients and Thermoelectric Behaviors of Bi and PbTe Measured Using a Paris-Edinburgh Cell, Jason Baker, Ravhi Kumar, C. Park, C. Kenney-Benson, Andrew Cornelius, and N. Velisavljevic
Latino Maternal Literacy Beliefs and Practices Mediating Socioeconomic Status and Maternal Education Effects in Predicting Child Receptive Vocabulary, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Sandra Acosta, Heather Davis, Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola, Laura Saenz, Denise Soares, Nora Resendez, and Leina Zhu
Graduate Students as Academic Writers: Writing Anxiety, Self-Efficacy, and Emotional Intelligence, Margarita Huerta, Patricia Goodson, Mina Beigi, and Dominique Chlup
Science Inquiry and Writing for Ells: A Gateway for Building Understanding and Academic Language, Margarita Huerta and Tracy G. Spies
Measuring and Comparing Academic Language Development and Conceptual Understanding via Science Notebooks, Margarita Huerta, Fuhui Tong, Beverly J. Irby, and Rafael Lara-Alecio
Developing IEPs: The Complete Guide to Educationally Meaningful Individualized Educational Programs for Students with Disabilities, Keith J. Hyatt and John W. Filler
Incorporating English Language Learner Instruction Within Special Education Teacher Preparation, Cori M. More, Tracy G. Spies, Joseph Morgan, and Joshua N. Baker
Educating Learners With Disabilities in Palestine: The Past, Present, and Future, Mona Nasir-Tucktuck, Josh N. Baker, and M L. Love
The Effects of Content-Related Shared Book Reading on the Language Development of Preschool Dual-Language Learners, Sharolyn D. Pollard-Durodola, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Laura Saenz, Denise Soares, Nora Resendez, Oi-man Kwok, Heather Davis, and Leina Zhu
The Effects of Content-Related Shared Book Reading on the Language Development of Preschool Dual Language Learners, Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola, Jorge E. Gonzalez, Laura Saenz, Denise Soares, Nora Resendez, Oiman Kwok, Heather Davis, and Leina Zhu
Turkish Preschool Teachers' Beliefs and Practices Related to Two Dimensions of Developmentally Appropriate Classroom Management, Ikbal Tuba Sahin-Sak, Feyza Tantekin-Erden, and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola
Turkish Preschool Teachers’ Beliefs and Practices Related to Two Dimensions of Developmentally Appropriate Classroom Management*, Ikbal Tuba Şahin-Sak, Feyza Tantekin-Erden, and Sharolyn Pollard-Durodola
Increasing Choice Making in Students with Intellectual Disability, Shannon Lynn Sparks, Tom Pierce, Kyle Higgins, Susan P. Miller, and Richard Tandy
Utilizing Discourse in the Development of Strategic Readers in the Content Areas, Tracy Spies
The Implementation and Evaluation of an APRN-Led Opioid Monitoring Clinic, Richard Talusan, Jennifer Kawi, Lori L. Candela, and John Filler
Changes in Pre-Service Teachers’ Perceptions of Preparedness to Teach English Language Learners (Ells) in Mainstream Classrooms, Refkia Turgut, Elif Adibelli, and Margarita Huerta
Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C., Karl R. Wennerlind, Kristin Withey, Rebecca Hopkins, and Tiffany Fisher
Day on the Hill in Washington, D.C., Karl R. Wennerlind, Kristin Withey, Rebecca Hopkins, and Tiffany Fisher
Submissions from 2015
Reading Mathematics: More than Words and Clauses; More than Numbers and Symbols on a Page, Mary A. Avalos, Alain Bengochea, and Walter G. Secada
Print Knowledge in Yucatec Maya–Spanish Bilingual Children: An Initial Inquiry, Alain Bengochea, Laura M. Justice, and Maria J. Hijlkema