Doctoral Dissertations

This study examines the effectiveness of professional development training for public school staff on the topics of death, loss, and grief through a mixed-methods approac [...]

The ability to think critically is a fundamental competency in social work education, yet research on effective pedagogical strategies to foster this skill remains limite [...]

Therapeutic polygraph examination has been a central tenet of sexual offense-specific treatment for many years. However, concerns about the reliability and validity of th [...]

Brain injury can lead to short- or long-term problems that may affect all aspects of a person’s life, including the ability to work, how they build relationships with oth [...]

Many studies have documented the rise in youth e-cigarette use and provide data to support why youth use e-cigarettes and the factors that contribute to the behavior (Ale [...]

The use of digital technology continues to expand in K-12 public schools, creating potential security vulnerabilities for district networks. As technology use grows, K-12 [...]

This dissertation examines compassion fatigue (CF), secondary traumatic stress (STS), and burnout (BO) among Pennsylvania public school teachers and their intentions to l [...]

Each year, millions of students with disabilities receive special education services. The development of an individual education program (IEP) is an important function in [...]

Social workers have a long and storied history of challenging social injustice since the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries in America. Social workers success [...]

Suicide in late life (65 and older) is on the rise, yet this tragedy is not well understood. Most people who die by suicide have had contact with their primary care healt [...]