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Submissions from 2021
Readability of English and Spanish forms of two adaptive behavior rating scales, Garry Wickerd PhD and Sarah Tremblay
Submissions from 2020
Choice, with conditions: Popular culture texts and independent reading, Melinda S. Butler EdD
Response to Intervention and Multi-Tiered Systems of Support in Maine Schools: Portraits of Promising Practices, Kathryn Hawes, Amy Johnson, and Angela Atkinson Duina EdD
Rehabilitation counselor supervisors’ perceptions of counselor professional dispositions for rural service delivery, Trenton J. Landon, Scott A. Sabella, Michelle McKnight-Lizotte, and Charles Bernacchio EdD
Equity 911: Framing Educational Equity as a National Emergency, Larissa Malone PhD
My most powerful resource: The faith of Derrick Bell and the spiritual underpinnings of the Critical Race Theory Movement, Larissa Malone PhD and Q Lachaud
Schools are part of our common good, Flynn Ross EdD
How do supervisors assess and develop professional dispositions among counselors in vocational rehabilitation agencies? A qualitative inquiry, Scott A. Sabella, Trenton J. Landon, Michelle McKnight-Lizotte, and Charles Bernacchio EdD
Submissions from 2019
Learning Altruism through Stories and Action, Robert Atkinson, Adele Baruch PhD, and Lillian Harris
Stories of Networks of Help During the Holocaust, Adele Baruch PhD
The Courage and Moral Choice Project: Maine, Phase 1, Adele Baruch PhD
The Courage and Moral Choice Project: Maine, Phase 2, Adele Baruch PhD
Stories of Helping in the Aftermath of Katrina, Adele Baruch PhD and Daniel Creek
Strengths-based undergraduate rehabilitation education model: Preparing minority leaders for diverse workforce, Carmela Y. Drake, D Henry Stapleton, and Naoko Yura Yasui PhD
Personal Essays about Hearing Stories of Helping, Alexander Katopis LCPC, CADC, NCC, MHRT-C
The intersection of race and class through time: Racial socialization and critical race parenting in the Black middle class, Larissa Malone PhD
The Conceptualization and Assessment of Professional Dispositions in Rehabilitation Counselor Education, Scott A. Sabella, Charles Bernacchio EdD, Elizabeth A. Boland, and Jared C. Schultz
Teacher Preparedness and Perspectives on Teaching English Language Learners in a State with a Rapidly Growing EL Population, Andrea Stairs-Davenport PhD and Meaghan Bradbury
Submissions from 2018
Greenville University prepares teacher leaders for tomorrow’s classroom, L Amundson, K Johnson, and Larissa Malone PhD
VR Online in Rehabilitation Counseling Preparation: An Integrative Pilot Initiative, Charles Bernacchio EdD and Josephine Wilson
Hey, can you find me a book? Providing popular culture texts to students in a Title I elementary school, Melinda S. Butler EdD
Miles Morales: Spiderman. A Review, Melinda S. Butler EdD
Thinking Deeply, Thinking Emotionally: How High School Students Make Sense of Evidence, Rebecca Jacobsen, Anne-Lise Halvorsen, Amanda Slaten Frasier, Adam Schmitt PhD, Margaret Crocco, and Avner Segall
Understanding personalized learning through rapid cycle evaluation, A Resch and Angela Atkinson Duina EdD
Improving Teacher Certification, Flynn Ross EdD
Lack of government transparency hinders work to improve Maine, Flynn Ross EdD
Why proficiency-based education is so important, Flynn Ross EdD
Helping Students Rise and Shine, Flynn Ross EdD, Marcia Gendron, Dan Nogar, and Marjorie Queen
Improving Comprehensible Input for ELLs through Technology, Andrea Stairs-Davenport PhD and Beth Skotarczak MSEd
Submissions from 2017
Becoming a consumer-provider of mental health services: Dialogical identity development in prosumers in the U.S. and Japan, Ayako Aikawa and Naoko Yura Yasui PhD, CRC
Making Bombs for Hitler. A Review, Melinda S. Butler EdD
The gallery walk: Educators step up to build assessment literacy, Anita Stewart McCafferty EdD and Jeffrey Beaudry PhD
Maine has strayed from school funding fairness, and it needs to find its way back, Flynn Ross EdD
Maine must resist the policy temptations that would undermine our public schools, Flynn Ross EdD
Why state funding for education matters, Flynn Ross EdD
Generalizability and dependability of a multi-item direct behavior rating scale in a kindergarten classroom, Garry Wickerd PhD and David Hulac
Moving on up: The urban to suburban translocation experiences of high-achieving Black American students, Xiaoqi Yu, Vilma Seeberg, and Larissa Malone PhD
Submissions from 2016
Underrepresented, Adele Baruch PhD
Psychiatric Rehabilitation of Persons With Co-Occurring Disorders and Corrections Involvement, Charles Bernacchio EdD and Eileen J. Burker
Universal Design for Learning, Charles Bernacchio EdD and M Mullen
Disequilibrium: An instructional coach’s reflection, Melinda S. Butler EdD and Nancy K. Votteler
Maine misses out when higher education remains unaffordable, Susan Feiner and Flynn Ross EdD
Demographic and Behavioral Characteristics of Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Members, Robert Jack Hansen, E Michael Brady PhD, and Steven P. Thaxton
Universal-Diverse Orientation of Business, Education, and Social Work Students, Hermeet K. Kohli PhD, MSW; Flynn Ross EdD; Amarpreet Kohli PhD; and Cheng Peng PhD
Here’s what will change with the new SAT, Flynn Ross EdD
How crumbling and crowded schools hurt student performance, Flynn Ross EdD
Maine schools need more resources that translate into greater achievement, Flynn Ross EdD
The consequences of paying our teachers poverty level wages, Flynn Ross EdD
Psychometric Validation of the Taiwanese Version of the Job Satisfaction of Persons with Disabilities Scale in a Sample of Individuals with Poliomyelitis, Susan Miller Smedema; Fong Chan; Ming-Hung Wang; Emre Umucu; Naoko Yura Yasui PhD, CRC; Wei-Mo Tu; Nicole Ditchman; and Chia-Chiang Wang
Outcomes for Students in a University-Based Summer Reading Workshop, Andrea Stairs-Davenport PhD and Monica Chenard
Four Steps to Implement RTI Correctly, Amanda Vanderhayden; Matthew Burns; Rachel Brown PhD, NCSP; Mark R. Shinn; Stevan Kukic; Kim Gibbons; George Batsche; and W David Tilly
Improving assessment of minority children. [Review of the book Psychoeducational Assessment and Intervention for Ethnic Minority Children, by S. Graves & J. Blake], Garry Wickerd PhD
Submissions from 2015
Participatory Action Research with College Students with Disabilities: Photovoice for an Inclusive Campus, Neelam Agarwal; Eva M. Moya; Naoko Yura Yasui PhD, CRC; and Corene Seymour
Lupus: Vocational aspects and the best rehabilitation practices, Neelam Agarwal; Naoko Yura Yasui PhD, CRC; and Vinod Kumar
Adult Learning: Linking Theory and Practice By Sharan B. Merriam & Laura L. Bierema, E Michael Brady PhD
What's missing from the textbook?: An inquiry-based lesson plan on the untold histories of labor unions, Eli Kean and Adam Schmitt PhD
Build a better standardized test, but beware its consequences, Flynn Ross EdD
Don’t misuse standardized tests — lest they become meaningless, Flynn Ross EdD
Test data misuse reaches absurd levels, Flynn Ross EdD
We can’t abandon future generations of Maine teachers, Flynn Ross EdD
Book Review: Evidence-Based Practice for Health Professionals: An Interprofessional Approach, Naoko Yura Yasui PhD, CRC
Submissions from 2014
Aging and the Art of Living by Jan Baars, E Michael Brady PhD
Paradox for Life Review: A Guide for Enhancing Older Adults' Self-Esteem by J.J. Magee, E Michael Brady PhD
Bruised by Sarah Skilton., Melinda S. Butler EdD
Using Concept Maps to Assess Science Knowledge of Pre-service Elementary Methods Students, Robert Kuech PhD
Academic competitions: Perceptions of learning benefits from a science bowl competition, Robert Kuech PhD and Robert M. Sanford PhD
Benefits of Research Fellowships for Undergraduates with Disabilities, Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh, Jean Whitney PhD, Lynn Lovewell, and Babette Moeller
Off campus: Newly graduate teachers can expect challenges, joys, Flynn Ross EdD
We have reason to celebrate Maine’s public schools – and much to protect, Flynn Ross EdD
Submissions from 2013
Collaboration encourages focus on compassion in action, Adele Baruch PhD
A Valley in the Landscape, E Michael Brady PhD
What's Not to Love About "Amour"?, E Michael Brady PhD
The Quest for Community in Osher Lifelong Learning Institutes, E Michael Brady PhD, Anne Cardale, and Jon C. Neidy
Cultural Variation in Resilience as a Response to Traumatic Experience, Natalie A. Buse, Eileen J. Burker, and Charles Bernacchio EdD
Out of the cold, Melinda S. Butler EdD
Use of Evidence-based Practice in Rehabilitation Counseling: Facilitating Recovery and Community Integration for Persons with Schizophrenia, Vickie R. Carpenter, Charles Bernacchio EdD, and Eileen J. Burker
Research in the Osher Lifelong Learning Institute Network, R Jack Hansen and E Michael Brady PhD
Specific Learning Disability and Response to Intervention: State-Level Guidance, Laura Boynton Hauerwas and Rachel Brown PhD, NCSP
Allowing students to administer their own interventions: An application of the self-administered folding-in technique, David M. Hulac, Garry Wickerd PhD, and Odell Vining
Equity ensures excellence of schools in Maine, nationwide, Flynn Ross
Should parents opt their children out of high-stakes testing?, Flynn Ross EdD
Why the National Council Review of Teacher Preparation program is wrong, Flynn Ross EdD
State Policy and Guidance for Identifying Learning Disabilities in Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Amy N. Scott PhD; Laura Boynton Hauerwas PhD; and Rachel Brown PhD, NCSP
Submissions from 2012
Review of Handbook of Psychosocial Rehabilitation, Charles Bernacchio EdD
Implementing the School Improvement Fund’s Transformational Model in Maine’s rural high schools, Angela Atkinson Duina EdD and M.H. Shann
Creative literacy: A new space of pedagogical understanding, Andrea Stairs-Davenport PhD and Kelly Hrenko PhD
Building relationships, sharing resources, and opening opportunities: A STEM learning community builds social capital for students with disabilities, Jean Whitney PhD, Samantha Langley-Turnbaugh, Lynn Lovewell, and Babette Moeller
Submissions from 2011
Maine Voices: Long road trip comes to an end for ‘Baseball and American Society’, E Michael Brady PhD
Shaping a Lfe of Significance for Retirement by R. Jack Hansen and Jerry P. Haas, E Michael Brady PhD
Spirituality and Aging By Robert C. Atchley, E Michael Brady PhD
Review of the books Women and family in contemporary Japan & Transforming Japan: How feminism and diversity are making a difference by S. Holloway. and Transforming Japan: How feminism and diversity are making a difference by K. Fujimura-Fanselow, Gretchen Espinetti, Vilma Seeberg, and Larissa Malone PhD
Tier 2 Reading Interventions: Comparison of Reading Mastery and Fundations Double Dose, C Lee Goss and Rachel Brown PhD, NCSP
Solving Problems Through Action Research, R Jack Hansen and E Michael Brady PhD
An evaluation of three methods of saying“no” to avoid an escalating response class hierarchy, F Charles Mace, Jamie Pratt Psy.D, Kevin L. Prager, and Duncan Pritchard
Submissions from 2010
The Dismissal of Female Clients' Reports of Medication Side Effects: A First Hand Account, Adele Baruch PhD
To Talk or to Text - Is That the Question?, Anne Cardale and E Michael Brady PhD
Becoming a Professional Educator in an Urban School-University Partnership: A Case Study Analysis of Preservice Teacher Learning, Andrea Stairs-Davenport PhD
The Learning and Practice of Preservice Teachers in an Urban School-University Partnership: The Struggle to Enact Culturally Responsive Pedagogy, Andrea Stairs-Davenport PhD
