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<b>Sent:</b> Monday, February 8, 2021 8:58 AM<br>
<b>To:</b> Erin Kaszynski <ekaszynski@leomail.tamuc.edu><br>
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I am forwarding your message to our Counselor Education program coordinator, Dr. Mona Robinson. She will be able to help you by distributing the recruitment information .</div>
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<div id="x_divRplyFwdMsg" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri, sans-serif" color="#000000" style="font-size:11pt"><b>From:</b> Erin Kaszynski <ekaszynski@leomail.tamuc.edu><br>
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<b>To:</b> Mather, Peter <matherp@ohio.edu><br>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Georgia,serif">Greetings Dr. Mather,</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">I’m Erin Kaszynski, a Counseling PhD student at Texas A&M University-Commerce, conducting dissertation research supervised by Dr. Chester Robinson. I am seeking doctoral student participants
from CACREP-accredited doctoral programs. My study is described below. If your university IRB permits, would you PLEASE forward my request for participants to your doc students. Our original plan to gain participants was unsuccessful, yielding only 17 participants
in 2 months.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">Thanks in advance for your assistance.
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">Regards,</span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">Erin</span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">Erin Kaszynski, MEd, LPC</span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">Counseling Doctoral Candidate</span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%; font-family:Georgia,serif">Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style="font-size:11pt; line-height:150%"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; color:black">Hello, Prospective Participant,</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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My name is Erin Kaszynski and I am a doctoral candidate at Texas A&M University-Commerce. I would like to invite you to participate in my dissertation study entitled <i>Predictors for Preparedness in Gatekeeping Among Doctoral Counselor Education and Supervision
Students</i>. The goal is to understand to what extent certain factors influence doctoral student preparedness for engagement as a gatekeeper and has been granted approval by Texas A&M University – Commerce’s Institutional Review Board. I am conducting this
study under the supervision of Chester R. Robinson, Ph.D., NCC, GCDFI, Associate Professor, Department of Counseling at Texas A&M University-Commerce.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">To be eligible for this study, you should be a doctoral counseling student with the following qualifications: (a) an active Ph.D. student in Counselor Education and Supervision program that is CACREP accredited, (b) have experience
supervising at least one counselor in training, (c) do not currently hold a supervisor license in your state, and/or (d) be either a licensed counselor or licensed counselor intern in your state.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Participation in this study is voluntary, yet greatly appreciated. </span><span style="font-size:11pt; font-family:Times">Responses will be anonymous, yet you may have the opportunity to share your email address to be entered in
a random drawing for one of 5 $20 Amazon gift cards. Those emails would be used for contact purposes only.</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">To participate in the online survey, please click on the URL <a href="https://tamuc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0CHsHXb88DDvm05" target="_blank"><span style="color:blue">https://tamuc.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_0CHsHXb88DDvm05</span></a>. You
will first be asked to complete an informed consent. Once you sign the consent, you will enter the survey which will take approximately 15-20 minutes to complete.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt">Thanks for your time and consideration.</span></p>
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<span style="font-size:11pt; color:black">Erin Kaszynski, M.Ed., LPC<br>
Doctoral Candidate<br>
Dissertation Chair: Chester R. Robinson, Ph.D., NCC, GCDFI<br>
Department of Counseling, Texas A&M University-Commerce</span><span style="font-size:11pt"></span></p>
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