Project Final Evaluation: Parent Training in Southeast Europe: Strengthening Families of Children with Autism in Macedonia

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Blake D. Hansen, Department of Counseling Psychology and Special Education Objectives Met The purpose of this project was to evaluate program to education parents of children with autism in the Republic of Macedonia, located in Southeastern Europe. Macedonia has many factors that made it an important research site. Poverty rates, ethnic conflict, and access to […]

Investigating the Processes and Outcomes of Theistic Spiritually Oriented Psychotherapies

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Dr. Scott Richards, Department of Counseling, Psychology, and Special Education Evaluation of the Academic Objectives The MEG grant I was awarded for the academic years 2015 and 2016 funded two projects: (1) Review of the research literature about the state of the evidence based on spiritually integrated psychotherapies. Completed Academic Objectives: a. completed literature search […]

Enhancing Social, Emotional, and Language Learning in Children with Language Impairment.

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Bonnie Brinton, PhD and Martin Fujiki, PhD Communication Disorders Introduction: We were extremely grateful to receive a 2016 Mentored Environment Grant. Our project was entitled Enhancing Social, Emotional, and Language Learning in Children with Language Impairment. The purpose of this project was to employ a multiple baseline, single subject design to investigate the efficacy of […]

Shame as a Moderator in Grace and Forgiveness Correlation Renamed “Grace, Forgiveness, and Shame in Latter-day Saint Young Adults”

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Taylor Mefford and Dr. Scott Richards, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction The subject of grace in psychological research has been relatively untouched, with only a few studies having been conducted in this area, mostly with a focus on creating measures for attitudes on grace. However, despite the existence of these validated measures, almost no […]

Pre-service Teachers’ Knowledge of English Learners Revealed in an Examination of Case Studies

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Jenna Granados and Faculty Mentor: Stefinee Pinnegar, PhD Teacher Education Introduction One of the greatest challenges for US schools is educating English Learners not just to speak English, but to develop the more difficult academic English, which allows them to participate fully in US schools. Throughout the United States, the population of English Language Learners […]

Pre-service Teachers’ Knowledge of English Learners Revealed in an Examination of Case Studies

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Jenna Granados and Faculty Mentor: Stefinee Pinnegar, PhD Teacher Education Introduction One of the greatest challenges for US schools is educating English Learners not just to speak English, but to develop the more difficult academic English, which allows them to participate fully in US schools. Throughout the United States, the population of English Language Learners […]

Teacher Training Films: Helping Sunday School Teachers Better Teach Individuals with Disabilities

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Mary Woodruff and Katie Steed, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Sunday schools are primarily taught by devoted lay volunteers. Often times these individuals are willing to help, but can have feelings of self-doubt and anxiety. These feelings can be felt at a greater magnitude when a volunteer has a class that includes a student […]

Mismatch Negativity Event-Related Potential Elicited by Speech Stimuli in Geriatric Patients

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Dana Pierce and Faculty Mentor: David McPherson, Communication Disorders   Introduction Much of the research done in the field of speech perception has focused on the behavioral aspect of language and not on the functionality of the brain itself. For our research, we focused on the neurological processes of speech perception through Quantitative Electroencephalogram (QEEG) […]

Peer Mentored Dialectical Behavior Therapy Skills Workshop for Adjusting College Students

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Meredith Pescatello and Dr. Tyler Pedersen, Counseling, Psychology, & Special Education Brigham Young University (BYU) has over 30,000 students, and many of them face difficult personal and psychological challenges. These may include adjusting to school life after returning from a mission, coping with academic demands, finding balance between work and school, or dealing with difficult […]

Aiding Families with Children with Disabilities in a Refugee Crisis: Kosovo Case Study

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Benson Gunther and Dr. Blake Hansen, Counseling Psychology and Special Education Introduction Families that have children with disabilities, specifically emotional/psychological/social disabilities (i.e. Autism, Down Syndrome, and other cognitive/neurodevelopmental disorders), encounter seemingly insurmountable distresses on a day-to-day basis in times of peace, let alone in times of emergency. These families depend heavily upon a consistent, well-established […]