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<b>Sent: </b>Monday, March 15, 2021 10:10 AM<br>
<b>Subject: </b>Request for Permission to Recruit Participants</p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">My name is Claudia Hernandez, and I am a doctoral student at Adler
University working towards completing my degree requirements for our Counselor Education and Supervision program. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">I, along with the co-investigator, Dr.
John Beckenbach, Associate Professor at Adler University, are seeking participants for a study that will explore the relationship between acculturation, supervisory working alliance, and willingness to self-disclose for Latinx master’s level counseling students.
The title of the study is “Acculturation, Willingness to Self-Disclose, and Supervisory Working Alliance for Latinx Supervisees” (IRB #21-053). We are seeking your permission for a member of your program to distribute the accompanying recruitment email to
your program’s students. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">In this survey, participants will be asked about their experiences in individual supervision, during their previous or current clinical practicum and internship.
The online will take approximately 20 to 30 minutes to complete. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; background:white">A minimum of three hours of individual supervision and five hours of direct clinical work already completed at the start of participating in the research study. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; background:white"></span></li></ol>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Participants can click the link to read more information about the study: </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"> <a href="https://adler.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8D09aVcSecMkxlc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:#007AC0">https://adler.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8D09aVcSecMkxlc</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">If you have any questions or would like more information, please see the contact information below, or you may
contact the Adler Institutional Review Board at <a href="mailto:IRB@adler.edu">IRB@adler.edu</a>. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Thank you in advance for your time and consideration. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Claudia Hernandez, MA, NCC, LPC </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white"> c</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">hernandez2@adler.edu<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"> </span></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">John Beckenbach<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">, Ed.D.</span> </span></p>
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<b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">If permitted, please forward the following Participant Recruitment Email below to your students:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Segoe UI",sans-serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Dear Master’s Latinx Counseling or Related Students.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">We hope this email finds you all well! My name is Claudia Hernandez,
and I am a doctoral student at Adler University working towards completing my degree requirements for our Counselor Education and Supervision program. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">I,
along with the co-investigator, Dr. John Beckenbach, Associate Professor at Adler University, are <span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">conducting a quantitative research study to better understand </span>the relationship between acculturation,
supervisory working alliance, and willingness to self-disclose for Latinx master’s level counseling students<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">. This study has been granted approval by the Institutional Review Board at Adler University (IRB
#21-053). The research study is titled </span><i>Acculturation, Willingness to Self-Disclose, and Supervisory Working Alliance for Latinx Supervisees.</i> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">We are conducting research aimed at better understanding acculturation levels, supervisory working alliance, and
willingness to self-disclose for Latinx master’s level counseling students. Specifically, we want to know understanding if there is a relationship between acculturation, supervisory working alliance, and willingness to self-disclose for Latinx master’s level
counseling students. We invite you to participate in this study. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Eligible participants are: </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Must be 18 years of age or older </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; background:white"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#201F1E; line-height:13.8pt; background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Self-identified as Latinx, Hispanic, or Hispanic and Latin subgroups </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; background:white"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#201F1E; line-height:13.8pt; background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Currently enrolled as a full-time or part-time CACREP accredited and non-accredited master’s level counseling or related program </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; background:white"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#201F1E; line-height:13.8pt; background:white">
<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Currently undergoing clinical training in practicum or internship of their program </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; background:white"></span></li><li class="x_MsoNormal" style="margin: 0in; font-size: 11pt; font-family: Calibri, sans-serif;color:#201F1E; line-height:13.8pt; background:white">
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Exclusionary criteria include doctoral students, non-degree seeking students, or international students. Moreover, direct individual supervision excludes triadic
supervision experiences. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">This study uses an anonymous survey software (Qualtrics) that will take between 20-30 minutes to complete. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white">Participation is voluntary, and all participants will have the option to withdraw participation at any time. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white">If you would like to participate, please follow this link:</span><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"> <a href="https://adler.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8D09aVcSecMkxlc" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:14.0pt; color:#007AC0">https://adler.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_8D09aVcSecMkxlc</span></a></span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white">You will be redirected to a detailed Informed Consent for your review prior to completing the survey. </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white">If you have any questions about the study, please contact me at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"><a href="mailto:chernandez2@adler.edu">chernandez2@adler.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"> or
Dr. John Beckenbach at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"><a href="mailto:jbeckenbach@adler.edu">jbeckenbach@adler.edu</a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white">.<span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in"> </span>If
you have questions about your rights as a research participant, you may contact the Adler University IRB at </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"><a href="mailto:irb@adler.edu" target="_blank"><span style="border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in">irb@adler.edu</span></a></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white">. </span></p>
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<span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Thank you in advance for your time and participation!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"> </span></p>
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<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Sincerely,</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; background:white"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
<p style="line-height:13.8pt; background:white"><i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:black; border:none windowtext 1.0pt; padding:0in; background:white">Claudia Hernandez, MA, NCC, LPC </span></i><span style="font-size:12.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman",serif; color:#201F1E; background:white"></span></p>
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