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Example Studies Conducted at the LBECEC
These studies, as is true for all research conducted at the LBECEC, were approved by both the UNLV Institutional Review Board for the Protection of Human Subjects AND by the LBECEC Research Advisory Council before any data were collected.
Colored Overlays And Symbol Identification In Preschool Children With Disabilities: This study involved an examination of the efficacy of extra-discriminative color cues in the establishment of letter recognition skills of preschool age children with disabilities. Ed.D. dissertation.
Effects Of Social Stories On The Prosocial Behavior Of Preschool Children With Autism Spectrum Disorders: Social Stories are a popular intervention for preschool children with autism spectrum disorders (ASD), but little research on Social Stories has been conducted with this population. This study investigated the effects of Social Stories on the pro-social behavior of three preschool children with ASD in an inclusive setting. Independent faculty research.
Examining Play Among Young Children in Single-age and Multi-age Preschool Classroom Settings : Advocates for multi-age classrooms claim multi-age groupings benefit children (Brynes, Shuster, & Jones, 1994). Currently, there is a lack of research examining play among students in multi-age classrooms. If indeed there is a positive benefit of play among children, research is needed to examine these behaviors among and between young children in single-age and multi-age classrooms. The purpose of this study was to determine if young children benefit from increased play opportunities.
How Mood Affects Children's Recognition of Others' Emotions: We examined how the induction of positive, neutral and negative mood influenced eighty-seven 5- to 8-year-old children's performance on two types of emotion recognition tasks: a context-based task (a task in which the child must derive an emotional expression from a sentence.
Intra-Relatedness Of Theory Of Mind And Epistemology In Young Children: Collapsing Two Cognitive Constructs: This was a study of the relationship between language in preschool children and cognitive concept formation. Ph.D. dissertation.
The Effects Of Linking Assessment, Early Intervention And Familytraining To Prosocial Behaviors In An Inclusive Preschool Classroom: The purpose of this study was to investigate the utility of linking assessment to curriculum using a transdisciplinary approach to promote pro-social behaviors in preschool age children with disabilities. Independent faculty research.
The Effect Of Selective Attention On Preschool Age Child Behavior: This study examined the functional relationship between teacher selective attention and child classroom performance. Ph.D. dissertation
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