Dissertation Topics

StudentDissertation Topic
Lena PerezA Comparative Study of REBT/Parent Training Versus Parent Training with Hispanic Parents of Exceptional Preschoolers
Stephanie AllenPredicting Reading and Writing Achievement from Scholastic Aptitudes versus g: A Validation Study of the Selective Cross-Battery Approach
Jennifer MascoloAn Investigation of the Structural Validity of the Cross-Battery Approach in a Referred Sample: Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Competing Cattell-Horn-Caroll, Wechsler & PASS Models
Elizabeth CalabroRational Emotive Behavior Play Therapy vs. Client Centered Therapy
Laura KrotenbergCognitive and Emotional Assessment of Stereotype Threat in African American and Hispanic College Students Using the Articulated Thoughts in Simulated Situations
Christopher FivesAnger, Aggression, and Irrational Beliefs in Adolescents
Fotini KyvelosAn Investigation of the Structural (Internal) Validity of Eleven Speeded Measures of Cognitive Abilities
Thomas ForteIdentifying Predictors of Aggression in Children
Korrie AllenAssessment of Parental and Child Beliefs and Behaviors Associated with School refusal Behavior
Christine DelucaRational-Emotive Education (REE): Consultation vs. Intervention with Special Education Preschoolers
Christina HanelExamining the Relations Between Specific Cognitive Abilities and Reading and Written Language Achievement In a Referred Sample
Peter D’ElenaThe Influence of Personal and Interpersonal Risk Factors for Victimization on Social-Cognitive Mediators of Aggression
Christine PiecoraUtilizing a Psychoeducational Intervention to Reduce the Effects of Exposure to Media Images on Body Image in Young Adolescent Girls
Jeffrey FrohNatural helpers: An Empirical Investigation of its Efficacy and Acceptance
Brian J. HarrisThe Covariance Between Therapeutic Alliance and the Trans-Theoretical Model of Psychotherapy in Adolescent Psychotherapy
Nicole Quarltere ChiuchioloPredicting the Frequency of Physical Aggression from Anger and Post Traumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in Children
Michelle A. MeskinExamination of the Use of a Homeopathic Approach in a Child with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder: A Single Case Design
Jo-Ann TavanoValidating A School Violence Prevention Program Among Elementary School Students
Lisa M. AlongiSchool Psychologists’ Perceived Effectiveness of Social Skills Training: A Comparison Across Diagnosed Populations
Jennifer A. SutherlandTeacher Acceptability and Perceived Consultant Effectiveness of Traditional Behavioral Consultation and Rational-Emotive Behavioral Consultation
Matthew D. JacofskyMediating and Moderating Effects of Irrationality in School Psychology Students
Katherine E. MeehanExamining the Relationship Between Irrational Beliefs, Rational Emotive Coping Strategies, and Teacher Burnout
Danielle S. PerrottoThe Working Alliance as a Predictor of Successful School Psychology Internships: Competence in Professional Conduct, Diagnostic, Counseling and Intervention Skills
Kitsten M. WittThe Role of Parental Irrationality and Child Autism Characteristics on Parental Stress Level
Taryn C. WallaceAssessment of Learning Disabilities by School Psychologists: A Survey of Current Practices and Procedures
Caryn M. CantleyPredicting Academic Intrinsic Motivation: The Role of Parents, Teachers, and Child Factors
Cara RiebeEmotional Intelligence as a Predictor of Victimization Among Adolescent Males
Mary F. MacedonioThe Effects of Imagery and VR on Anger Arousal
Edward MurphyDevelopment of a Measure of Teacher’s Knowledge of Asperger’s Disorder: Implications for Practice and Interventions
Bruckstein, MichelleUsing Growth Curve Modeling to Describe and predict differential patterns of Change in Achievement in Children from First to Seventh Grade
David DoringSocial and Academic Predictors of Success for Gifted Students
Jill ForteComparing ADHD Treatment & Recommendations of School Psychologists with Child Psychiatrists
Yuvelin GutierrezPerceived Family Acculturation and School Psychologists’ Child Abuse Reporting Practices
Heather BausanoEffects of the Natural Helpers Program on Adolescent Emotional and Academic Development
Suzanne CollinsMaternal Involvement and Professional Support as Predictors of Maternal Self Efficacy
Alaina FierstatPredicting Deliberate Self Harm Behaviors in Adolescents
Tara GellingThe Validity of the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning – Third Edition to Predict Achievement and Special Education Placement
Daniel GibsonThe Association of Students’ Academic Efficacy, Achievement Goal Orientation, and Teacher Rapport with Disruptive Behavior in the Classroom
Ada Nieves-BrullEvaluation of the Culture-Language Matrix: A Validation Study of Test Performance in Monolingual English Speaking and Bilingual English/Spanish Speaking Populations
Daniel OakleyIntra Cognitive Scatter on the Woodcock Johnson Tests of Cognitive Abilities-Third Edition and its Relation to Academic Achievement
Michael O’DonovanPredicting Basic Reading Skills Via an Aptitude Cluster Versus Global IQ
Jennifer Rogers NicastroA Meta-Analytic Review of Play Therapy Outcomes and the Role of Age: Implications for School Psychologists
Paulette Walsh-CicchilloReliability and Validity of a Group Ability Test
Eric Fields“Efficacy of Test Anxiety Interventions for Middle School Students as a Consideration for Large-Scale School Programs”
Carmela GencorelliExposure to Violence as a Predictor of Social-Emotional Functioning in Inner City Adolescents
Hilary LuttingerAccomplishing Anger Motives Predicts Adolescents’ Ratings of Anger’s Benefits
Gabriela NelsonBasic Relational Concepts Acquisition in Children With and Without Learning Disabilities
James BowmanThe Utility of Emotional Intelligence as a Predictor of School Psychologists’ Clinical Competence
Jill HenriksenAnger, Anxiety, and Depression: The Contribution to Hazardous Drinking Behavior
Rosalinda MacalusoThrough the Looking Glass: Grammatical Skills as a Critical Component to Successful Reading Comprehension
Sharon MarchettiAnger & Aggression in Adolescents: Cognitions & Behavioral Responses
Robert MeagherFactors That Influence Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations for Autistic Students: A Survey of School Psychologists
Frances Aguera VerderosaExamining the Effects of Language and Culture on the Differential Ability Scales with Bilingual Preschoolers
Kerry AraleThe Connection Between Perfectionism and Depression, Anxiety, and Anger in Children with Special Consideration of Effects with Chinese American Children
Daniel BialikBrief Measures of Cognitive Abilities: A Concurrent Validity Investigation of the WRIT & WASI
Khalid BrownEmotional Intelligence and Behavior in Autistic Children
Carol CannellaVariables Predicting School Psychologists’ Intentions to Report Child Maltreatment
Renee EschmannA Review of Objective Assessment Tools for Anxiety and Depression in Children and Adolescents
Nicole GerbeSchool Psychologists’ Knowledge of Asperger’s Disorder, Its Differential Diagnosis and Treatment Recommendations
Anne LecciSensory Integration Therapy and Its Effect on the Autistic Child’s Performance of a School Related Task
Allison MuellerExecutive Functioning as a Cognitive Characteristic of Giftedness: An Examination of a Measure of EF in Gifted Children
Amalia SiolasThe Role of Acculturation, Parental Anger, and Child Behavior in Greek Families
Marlene Sotelo-DynegaCognitive Performance and Development of English Language Proficiency
Melissa StanfordEvaluation of Suspected Learning Disabilities: A Comparison of Traditional Versus Contemporary Methods of Identification
Alison SullivanOutcome and Consumer Satisfaction in Equine Therapy Programs for Treating Students with Disabilities
Jeanne VillaniDimensions of Externalized Symptoms and Anger in Youth and Adolescents Using a Q Sort Method
Melissa AcquavellaPsychiatric Disorders and Comorbidity in Adults with a History of Conduct Problems
Ericka LevyInfluence of Select Demographic Variables on the Educational Outcomes of High and Low Performing Students
Celeste MarreroImmigration Status, Parental Involvement, and Educational Achievement Among Puerto Ricans
Patricio RomeroPersonal and Interpersonal Antecedents of Victimization Across the Transition to High School
Stacy ShiechelThe Effects of Cognitive Disabilities on Family Dynamics and Functioning
Elena BeharryEvaluation of Variables Affecting Performance on the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix
John BrullTherapist Verbal Response Mode The Therapeutic Alliance an In-Session Client Good Moments
Annie HuangPerfectionism, Irrationality, and School Adjustment: The Primacy of Cognition
Vincent PennisiThe Effect of Teacher Support Statements on the Acceptability of Behavior Plans
Donna CarbonaroCross-Informant Discrepancy Analysis in Children with Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Disorders
Ellen-ge DentonTeacher Self-Evaluation, Teacher Self-Efficacy, and Teacher Burnout: An American and West Indian Sample
Agnieszka DyndaThe Relation Between English Language Proficiency and IQ Test Performance
Jill KelterThe Effect of Child Gender on Teachers’ Perceptions of and Responses to Oppositional Defiant Disorder
Anya LevitinCognitive Assessment Training in Graduate Programs in School Psychology
Charles YurkewiczHappiness in Adolescence: The Contributions of Self-Control, Hope, and Personal Strivings
Ayala Zoltan RockoffCultural/Religious Similarity and Perceived Clinician Effectiveness with Orthodox Jewish Parents
Emma HettrichHow Well are Early Childhood Education Teachers Trained to Work with Students with Specific Learning Disabilities?
Lindsay PettineAn Examination of the Concurrent and Predictive Validity of the Test of Silent Word Reading Fluency
Terence ReillyKindergarten Screening and Later Academic Achievement and Placement in Academic Intervention Services
Ana LandronA Comparative Analysis of School Membership and Ethnic Identity Between Dual Language and English as a Second Language
Kelly QuinnAssessing the Stability of the Predictive Validity of Age of Entry and the Developmental Indicators for the Assessment of Learning-Third Edition (DIAL-3) on School Achievement
Danielle RannazzisiAppraisal Processes and Emotion: An Examination of the Influence of Relative Standards on the Evaluation of Negative Situations
Krista WolfAssessment of Educators’ Knowledge of Oppositional Defiant Disorder Relative to Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
Noreen AndersonDigiose Cyberbullying Among School Aged Children: Implications for Prevention and Intervention Programs
Miriam Bieler MajorA Confirmatory Factor Analysis of Cognitive and Academic Abilities in Individuals with Turner Syndrome
Sara BrackenConvergent Validity of the New York State English as a Second Language Achievement Test and the Woodcock-Munoz Language Survey – Revised in a Sample of English Language Learners
Andrea CamilliCollaborative Course Syllabus Construction: Impact on Consultative Competency of Graduate Students in School Psychology
Michelle CangelosiIdentification of Specific Learning Disability: A Survey of School Psychologists’ Knowledge and Current Practice
Megan DoyleParent and School Connectedness as Correlates of Cyber-Bullying
Emma Cruz-DuranStereotype Threat in Mathematics: A Study of Female High School Students in All-Girls’ and Coeducational Schools
Maria EspositoREBT with Children and Adolescents: A Meta-Analytic Review of Efficacy Studies
Lindsay HavlicekUnderstanding Why Sad Children Aggress: Are They Angry?
Kimberly JacobsUnderstanding the Development and Outcomes of Mutual Antipathies
Robyn KurasakiThe Role of Parental Cognition, Negative Affect, and Behavior on Predicting Child Academic Achievement and Social-Emotional Well-Being
Jeanean Ormsbee HergenrotherThe Role of Posttraumatic Stress Disorder Symptoms in the Relation of Body-Related Victimization to Eating Disorder Symptoms in Children and Adolescents: A Mediational Analysis
Polly RobinsonAn Investigation of Child and Parent Needs for Students with Asperger Syndrome (AS), as Compared to those with High Functioning Autism (HFA)
Joanna TychanskaThe Evaluation of Speech and Language Impairment Using the Culture-Language Test Classifications and Interpretive Matrix
Peri VellaTraining School-Based Professionals in Functional Behavioral Assessment and Behavior Intervention Planning
Carolyn WaldeckerPredicting Child Abuse Reporting Practices Among School Psychologists
Angela WilkosEvaluative Standards, Test Anxiety and Defensive Pessimism
Michael YooValidation of the CHC Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix and CHC Culture-Language Interpretive Graph as an Alternative Method in Evaluating Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Barbara BolognaComparative Efficacy of Traditional and Rational Emotive Behavioral Consultation in a School Setting
Subashini JesurasaSouth Asian Perceptions of Children with Disabilities
Tremaine Sayles Validation of a Computerized Assessment Battery for Children
Leonard CaltabianoVerbal Query Intervention: Addressing Stereotypy in Students with Autism
Tracy GangiSchool Climate and Faculty Relationships: Choosing the Most Effective Measure for Team-Building Interventions
Rachel GreenfeldThe Role of Students’ Age and Gender and Teachers’ Knowledge of Autism in Treatment Acceptability of Interventions for Autism
Giuliana LosapioChildren With Attention-Deficit /Hyperactivity Disorder: Treatment Methods and Parental Perceptions
Lynn MazzaThe ELA and Academic Achievement. Is There a Relationship? Predictive Validity of Statewide Measures
Jennifer SalhanyThe Role of Parent Irrational Beliefs, Parent Anxious and Depressed Symptoms, and Parenting Behaviors in Predicting Child Anxious and Depressed Symptoms
Kristen CardellaPredicting Help-Seeking Attitudes in Adolescents: The Role of Personality Variables, Social Support, Gender and Ype of Problem.
Susan FarberThe Effects on Siblings of Children with Autism
Alan GalganaThe Effect of Style and Length of Martial Art Training on Parent Perceptions of Adolescent Aggression and Self-regulation
Amanda GrodewaldThe Interrelations among Rumination, Depression, and Social Stress in Children and Adolescents:  A Longitudinal Study
Veronique HayekParental Justification of Children’s Aggressive Behaviors
Sarah JabbourEvaluation of Child and Adolescent Characteristics as Predictors of Succcess in a Day Treatment Setting
Stacy Lella SouravlisEvaluating Speech-Language and Cognitive Impairment Patterns via the Culture-Language Interpretive Matrix
Melissa MatovicThe Efficacy of the Mystery Motivator Among Kindergarten and Fourth Graders
Jacqueline NottiThe Development and Validation of the Parent Anger Scale
Kerry O’TooleParent Behavior and Cognition in Predicting Female Childhood Physical Aggressive Behavior. The Role of Irrational and Normative Beliefs as a Function of Child Age
Jessica PochtarMaternal Irrationality, Stress, and Behavior and Disabled Preschoolers’ Functioning
Jessica Puttre“A Meta-Analytic Review of Treatment Outcome Literature for Traumatized Children and Adolescents”
Scott QuashaA Program Review of a Middle School Gay-Straight Alliance(GSA) Club

Dana SantomennaAre There Benefits of Theatre Arts Programs in Schools?
Jenifer SteinPeer Mediation Training and Its Effect on Mediators
Marina TreybickThe Association of Social Support with Depression in Early Adolescence
Christina TripodiEmotional Reactions to Changes in Visual Context and its Effect on Infant Memory
Lauren ZomickSocial Skills in Siblings of Families with a Child Diagnosed with Autism
Jared ZuckerConsumer Perceptions of School Psychologists: How are we Viewed by Parents, Teacher, and Administrators?
Valerie CamaranoExamining Emotional and Cognitive Empathy in Psychology Graduate Students
Julie Ivans SchimelThe Impact of Evaluative Standards and Coping Strategies on Test Anxiety
Estee Lieberman-AcobasElucidating the Relationship Between Test Anxiety, Distractibility, and Academic Performance
Shawn MandelSelf-Discrepancies as Predictors of Self-Concept in Mathematics and Related Emotional Consequences Among LD and Regular Education High School Students
Lynn MazzaThe ELA and Academic Achievement. Is There a Relationship? Predictive Validity of Statewide Measures
Tremaine SaylesValidation of a Computerized Assessment Battery for Children