Theses and dissertations published by graduate students in the Department of Communication Disorders and Special Education, College of Education, Old Dominion University, since Fall 2016 are available in this collection. Backfiles of all dissertations (and some theses) have also been added.
In late Fall 2023 or Spring 2024, all theses will be digitized and available here. In the meantime, consult the Library Catalog to find older items in print.
Theses/Dissertations from 2022
Dissertation: Using Repeated Reading and Previewing Vocabulary Interventions with Elementary-Aged Struggling Readers to Improve Fluency and Comprehension, Khaled S. Alotaibi
Theses/Dissertations from 2021
Dissertation: Check-in/Check-out to Increase Academic Engagement and Classroom Behavior Among Adolescent Students in Juvenile Detention Centers, Rakan M. Alshammari
Dissertation: A Survey of Registered Behavior Technicians: Initial and Ongoing Training and Support, Gabriela McWhorter Zapatero
Theses/Dissertations from 2020
Dissertation: Using the Question-Answer Relationship Strategy to Improve Listening Comprehension in Young Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder, Lisa A. Phalen
Dissertation: Comparison of Motor-Enhanced and Visual-Enhanced Interventions for Grammar in Young Children With Developmental Language Disorder, Alisha P. Springle
Theses/Dissertations from 2019
Dissertation: An Examination of Oral Argumentation Using Socioscientific Issues Among Secondary Students with Disabilities, Mindy A. Gumpert
Theses/Dissertations from 2018
Dissertation: The Effect of Choice of IPad-Delivered Math Independent Practice of Elementary Grade Students With Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Characteristics, Nora A. Altaweel
Dissertation: The Effects of Teacher Coaching in the LINCing Routine on the Vocabulary Knowledge of Secondary Students with Disabilities, Dana W. Cho
Dissertation: Predicting Speech-Language Pathology Graduate Student Success: Executive Functions and Standardized Admission Tests, Jane E. Roitsch
Theses/Dissertations from 2017
Dissertation: Enhancing Early Interventionists' Abilities to Support Caregiver Learning through Multi-component, Technology-mediated Inservice Professional Development, Dana C. Childress
Dissertation: Using Constant Time Delay and eCoaching to Teach Employment Skills to Young Adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder and Intellectual Disability in a Community Work Environment, Annemarie L. Horn
Theses/Dissertations from 2015
Dissertation: Does Teacher Behavior Change in Middle School Math Classes When Teachers Receive Instructional Coaching Using Bug-In-Ear Technology?, Ellen L. Browning
Dissertation: An Exploration of Infant and Toddler Child Care Consultation: A Multiple Case Study, Christine Marie John
Dissertation: The Effects of Function-Based Thinking on Teacher Selection of Interventions for Disruptive Student Behavior, Kimberly Yanek
Theses/Dissertations from 2014
Dissertation: Using Two Formats of a Social Story to Increase the Social-Communication Skills of Three Adolescents with Autism Spectrum Disorders, Nicole A. Anthony
Dissertation: Using Schematic-Based and Cognitive Strategy Instruction to Improve Math Word Problem Solving for Students with Math Difficulties, Lisa L. Morin
Dissertation: The Effects of a Tiered-Training Intervention on Teachers' Use of Behavior Specific Praise During the Reading Instruction of Elementary Students with Emotional Disabilities, Lauren Collins Reed
Theses/Dissertations from 2012
Dissertation: Impact of Noise and Working Memory on Speech Processing in Adults With and Without ADHD, Anne M. P. Michalek
Theses/Dissertations from 2011
Dissertation: The Impact of Computer-Assisted Sight Word Instruction on the Reading Skills of Students with Significant Intellectual Disabilities, Colleen Frances Wood-Fields
Theses/Dissertations from 2010
Dissertation: Parent Interventionists in Phonodialogic Emergent Reading with Preschool Children, Sabra B. Gear
Theses/Dissertations from 2009
Dissertation: Establishing a Connection Between Quality of Life and Pre-Academic Instruction for Students with Profound Multiple Disabilities, Jonna L. Bobzien
Dissertation: How Does the Use of Assistive Technology Influence Reading Comprehension Performance of Postsecondary Students With Learning Disabilities?, Kimberly Kris Floyd
Dissertation: An Examination of Section 504 in Practice: Dark Days for Student Rights, Ann S. Maydosz
Theses/Dissertations from 1983
Thesis: A Comparative Study of Teacher Burnout in Regular and Special Elementary and Secondary Teachers, Carolyn Yvonne Wells Simmons
Theses/Dissertations from 1982
Thesis: A Comparison of Emotionally Disturbed Adolescents' Math Achievement on the WRAT PIAT and Key Math, Bridget Dalton Gorman
Thesis: A Study of the Predictive Utility of SEARCH as a Means of Early Identification of Potential Learning Problems, Sheila Ann Miller
Thesis: The Effects of Modeling and Direct Instruction on Learning Disabled Children's Atypical Numerical Cognition, Mary Crossland Phelps
Thesis: The Effect of Syntactic Structure and Semantics of the Comprehension of Content Area Prose by Mainstreamed Learning Disabled Adolescents, Kathleen Charlotte Shelton
Theses/Dissertations from 1973
Thesis: The Social Status of Special Class EMR Adolescents Assigned Part-Time to Public School Regular Classes, Margaret E. Carter
Thesis: Intervention Effects of a Crisis-Resource Program in a Public School, Marcella A. Kerlin
Theses/Dissertations from 1972
Thesis: An Interdisciplinary Semantic Analysis of Labels for "Emotional Disturbance", Mary Lou Green
Theses/Dissertations from 1971
Thesis: The Effect of Perceptual Training in the Classroom as Related to Academic Achievement of Children with an IQ Range of Fifty to Eighty, Catherine Dennis
Thesis: Adjustment Problems in Children with Orthopedic Handicaps, Judith Jones Ewell
Thesis: The Effects of Physical and Verbal Expressions of Positive Reinforcement on the Achievement of Selected Slow Learners in Normal Classrooms of the Norfolk, Virginia, City Schools, Susan W. Glasser
Thesis: A Comparison of Tactile Reaction Time in Blind and Sighted Subjects, Lynne Young
Theses/Dissertations from 1970
Thesis: A Comparison of Fine Motor Skill Acquisition of Normal and Educable Mentally Retarded Age-Mates, Cheryl S. Curtiss
Thesis: Parent Counseling for Parents of Mentally Retarded Children by a Local Association for Retarded Children, Luther J. Shipman
Theses/Dissertations from 1969
Thesis: Unit Approach vs. Subject Matter Approach in Meeting Educational Goals for EMRs, Nora Eley Cartledge
Thesis: A Statistical Analysis of Dependency Tendencies in Visually Impaired Caucasian Adolescents in a Residential School Placement, John White Cornett
Thesis: Parent Counseling for Parents of Special Education Students in the Public Schools, Janyce Halprin
Thesis: Narrow Band Modification for Speech Testing of the Cochlear Reserve by Threshold Shift, Michael F. Seidemann
Thesis: The Effects of Individual Diagnostic Prescriptive Teaching on a Second Retarded Child, Sara H. Tonelson
Theses/Dissertations from 1968
Thesis: A Comparative Investigation of the Knowledge of Mental Retardation Held by Regular Class Teachers Versus Special Class Teachers, Arlethia Hassell Elliot