Vanderbilt University Institutional Repository: Recent submissions
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2024-05-07)This mixed-methods study aims to investigate the experiences of Black Male senior leaders at educational nonprofits, focusing on safety, sense of belonging, and organizational culture. This quality improvement project is ...
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(2024-04-25)At a March 31, 1965, Southern Christian Leadership Conference (SCLC) executive leadership meeting, Hosea Williams proposed a summer voter registration project, called SCOPE, that recruited hundreds of student volunteers ...
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(2024-05)There is an increasing interest in horizontally structured grassroots organizations, but there is a lack of in-depth case study analyses of how such organizations function and evolve - especially in the geographic context ...
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(2024-05)Students with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) are more likely to experience trauma than their peers without disabilities, and therefore strongly benefit from the implementation of trauma-informed practices. ...
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(2024-04-29)As the special education process can be difficult for parents to navigate, special education advocates have arisen to help. Yet because there is no formal training required to become a special education advocate, there is ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2024-03-27)Health anxiety is a chronic issue associated with poor functioning that is especially important to study in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic. Cognitive-behavioral models of health anxiety posit that safety behaviors ...
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(2024-05)This study investigates the multifaceted experiences and resilience strategies of LGBTQ+ youth in Tennessee, a region marked by heightened stigma. Through focus group interviews and semi-structured individual interviews ...
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Navigating Adult Disability Services Among Latinx Caregivers of Youth with Autism Spectrum Disorder (2024-05)Latinx caregivers of adolescents and young adults with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) face unique barriers in accessing adult disability services for their offspring. Barriers include not having access to resources in their ...
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(2024)This study begins the process of examining negative life events, social determinants of health, and the parents’ familiarity with mental health services concerning children with dual diagnoses. Using a state-wide survey ...
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(2024-05)This study explores the factors associated with the persistence of Black males at Nashville State Community College by examining the relationships between student engagement, college GPA, and persistence using longitudinal ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2024)
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(Vanderbilt University. Peabody College, 2024-05)Maple Walnut School District (MWSD) is a public school district in Maple, CA, consisting of nine elementary and two middle schools, serving approximately 4,600 students. Newcomer students, defined as those who have lived ...
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(2024)Many university campuses in the United States now have inclusive postsecondary education programs (IPSEs) that provide young adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD) access to higher education. This ...
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(2024-03-12)Department: Hearing & Speech SciencesNaturalistic language production is integral to daily communication and ubiquitously impaired in aphasia, an acquired language disorder caused by focal brain damage typically due to stroke. Despite its importance, naturalistic ...
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(2024-04)The living loss of family after coming out can lead to disenfranchised grief for members of the LGBTQIA+ community. Such an experience could be considered an orphaning, a state of vulnerability that numerous religious ...
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(Vanderbilt University, 2024-03-27)We examined the associations among mindfulness, rumination, and depression, and between trait and state mindfulness in an at-risk adolescent sample. In addition, we tested the effect of an internet-based mindfulness ...
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(2024-05)Special education teachers and Board Certified Behavior Analysts play an important role in supporting the development of self-determination skills for children and youth with disabilities, including at the elementary level. ...
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(2024-05)There is a large body of empirical research showing the effectiveness of teacher praise as an intervention to reduce unwanted classroom behaviors and increase student engagement. Despite this evidence, research shows that ...
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(Vanderbilt University. Dept. of History, 2024-04-24)