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<div id="divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Moffat, Cassandra <CMoffat@live.carlow.edu><br>
<b>Sent:</b> Sunday, December 6, 2020 4:11 PM<br>
<b>To:</b> Counselor Education Program <counseloreducation@ohio.edu><br>
<b>Subject:</b> dissertation participation request</font>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Hello<span> Dr. Robinson!<span> </span> </span><span style=""> </span></span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">I hope you are doing well! My name is Cassandra Moffat and I am currently a doctoral candidate in the Counseling Psychology program at Carlow University. I am collecting data for my
dissertation and reaching out to ask if you would be willing to forward this invitation to your faculty and students! The collection of this data has been approved by my university's Institutional Review Board. If you are willing to promote my research, please
share the below information:<span> </span> </span></span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Invitation to Participate </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Dear potential participant, </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">My name is Cassandra Moffat, M.S. and I am doctoral candidate in the counseling psychology program at Carlow University. I am currently working on collecting data for my dissertation. While
there are no direct benefits to participating, it is my hope that data collected in this research will be a helpful addition to the literature around suicide assessment. </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">The main requirement for participation is that ALL participants must have graduated from a Master's in Counseling program within the last 10 years. If you do not meet
this criteria the survey will take you directly to the end of the survey. All responses will be anonymous and confidential.</span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"> </span></span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">The purpose of the study is to determine if counselor self-efficacy translates to actual effectiveness with completing suicide assessments. The study will also look
at other factors including perceived amount of training and years of experience to determine how these factors impact overall effectiveness with completing a suicide assessment. The survey is completed online and takes at most about 25- 30 minutes. </span></span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"> </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<u><span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white"><a href="https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NXJH3L9"><span>https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/NXJH3L9</span></a></span></span></u><span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white"> </span></span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">After the completion of the survey it would be greatly appreciated if the survey could be passed onto others to help reach an adequate sample size. If you have any questions
or concerns you can find my contact information and the contact information for my advisor at the bottom of the page. If you need to get ahold of the Carlow University IRB, their information is on the consent page of the survey</span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Thank you so much for taking the time to read this message!</span><span style="color:black"> </span></span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Sincerely, <span> </span></span> </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span><span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Cassandra Moffat<span>, M.S. </span> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">cmoffat@live.carlow.edu </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Doctoral Candidate </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">Carlow University </span><span style="color:black"> </span></p>
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<span style="font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Advisor: Dr. Joshua Bernstein, PhD<span style="">
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