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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt">Hello all. Please see below for an opportunity to participate in research.
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</span></b><span style="color:black">Zeynep Sule Yilmaz <zyilmaz@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Date: </b>Wednesday, March 6, 2024 at 4:25</span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="color:black">PM<br>
<b>To: </b>zyilmaz@arizona.edu <zyilmaz@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Cc: </b>lshaw@arizona.edu <lshaw@arizona.edu><br>
<b>Subject: </b>[External] Dissertation Research Invitation, Could you Please Share with your Graduate Counseling Students?<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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Dear CACREP liaison,<br>
I am contacting you to kindly ask for your assistance in disseminating<br>
my dissertation research request as the CACREP liaison. Could you<br>
please share my dissertation research invitation with your current<br>
counseling graduate students and alumni, if possible? Your help would<br>
be greatly appreciated.<br>
Thank you and have a wonderful day!<br>
Zeynep Yilmaz, MS, CRC<br>
Ph.D. candidate<br>
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Dear Counselors and Counseling Students,<br>
My name is Zeynep Yilmaz, and I am a doctoral candidate at The<br>
University of Arizona in the Counselor Education and Supervision<br>
program. To fulfill my degree requirements, I am conducting a<br>
dissertation study entitled (The Development and Validation of the<br>
Counselor Disability Competence Scale) under the supervision of Dr.<br>
Linda Shaw.<br>
The purpose of this study is to develop a new scale to accurately<br>
measure counselor disability competencies in working with persons with<br>
disabilities (PWDs). My hope is that this study will not only help to<br>
understand the current state of knowledge, awareness, attitudes, and<br>
skills among counselors and counseling students in working with<br>
persons with disabilities but also to inform the creation of resources<br>
for counselors to assist them in being able to provide more effective<br>
and affirming counseling services.<br>
Eligibility<br>
To be eligible to participate in this study, you must:<br>
• be 18-years old or older; and<br>
• be enrolled in a graduate-level counseling program in the United<br>
States and have completed at least two full-time semesters and one<br>
practicum experience in the program; or<br>
• have graduated from a master-level counseling program; or<br>
• currently work as a practicing counselor.<br>
Your participation in this study is completely voluntary and you can<br>
withdraw at any time without any penalty.<br>
If you agree to participate, it will take approximately 15-20 minutes<br>
to complete the study. Upon completion of data collection, you will be<br>
eligible for a drawing for 10 (ten) $20 Amazon gift cards in<br>
appreciation of your participation and time. Following completion of<br>
the survey, you will be prompted to move to a new page where you can<br>
enter your e-mail address if you would like to be included in the gift<br>
card drawing. Entering this drawing will be optional, and your e-mail<br>
will not be matched with your answers.<br>
Confidentiality<br>
Your participation in this study, and any identifiable personal<br>
information you provide, will be kept confidential to every extent<br>
possible, and all data will be destroyed within six years of the<br>
completion of the study. All written and electronic forms of data and<br>
study materials will be securely maintained.<br>
Risks and Benefits:<br>
It is possible that you may become aware, in the process of completing<br>
the survey, that you have some knowledge or skill gaps, which might be<br>
mildly distressing. Other than this, there are no expected risks to<br>
you, as a result of participating in this study. You will probably not<br>
benefit directly from participating in this study. However, being in<br>
this study may help in development of an accurate and up-to-date<br>
instrument to measure counselors’ disability-related competencies,<br>
therefore helping counselors and counselor educators to understand the<br>
training needs of counselors in this area. Completing the survey may<br>
also encourage you to self-reflect on your own competencies in this<br>
area that you might wish to further develop.<br>
Additional Information and/or Concerns:<br>
The University of Arizona IRB has approved this protocol on …<br>
(Protocol #2106956002)<br>
For questions, concerns, or complaints about the study you may contact<br>
the principal investigator, Zeynep Yilmaz at zyilmaz@email.arizona.edu<br>
. You may also contact my adviser, Dr. Linda Shaw at<br>
lshaw@email.arizona.edu.<br>
For questions about your rights as a participant in this study or to<br>
discuss other study-related concerns or complaints with someone who is<br>
not part of the research team, you may contact the University of<br>
Arizona Human Subjects Protection Program at 520-626-6721 or online at<br>
<a href="http://rgw.arizona.edu/compliance/human-subjects-protection-program">http://rgw.arizona.edu/compliance/human-subjects-protection-program</a> .<br>
Survey Link: If you are interested in participating, please click on<br>
the following link:<br>
<a href="https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1XDdHG7LFT71Ktg">https://uarizona.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_1XDdHG7LFT71Ktg</a><br>
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Please feel free to share this study opportunity with others. I<br>
appreciate your time and consideration!<br>
Sincerely,<br>
Zeynep Yilmaz<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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