Research Requests
Research Requests
In support of transferring research into best practices, ASPP is offering a service to both researchers and practitioners.
For researchers, we invite you to post the information about your project and how school psychologists in PA may be able to assist in your study. In order for us to do this we need to gather information from you. Please submit a description of your study, your IRB approval, and any other supporting documents. We will post your information on the this page as well as our Facebook Page along with any appropriate links. After each quarterly review of applicants, we email our members if your study is approved.
Please review the Research Opportunities policies and procedures before requesting a posting.
To request a posting on the research opportunities page, contact the Communications Committee through the Contact Us page.
For our members, please make sure to check out the current research opportunities and help support the advancement of our field!
Current Research Requests
The ASPP Executive Board is pleased to announce three research opportunities for the review period of May – August 2025. The Research Subcommittee has reviewed these research opportunities and believe they are of considerable merit. We, therefore, endorse them for our members to individually consider. What follows is a brief synopsis of each study and how ASPP members can participate.
Study #1
Project Title: Psychosis Literacy in Schools
We are reaching out to invite you to participate in a brief (<20 minutes) anonymous survey of school professionals in Pennsylvania. To inform our development of free training and education approaches, we hope to learn more about school counselors and psychologists’ attitudes and knowledge about early signs and risk factors of psychosis. This is a research study, and participation is voluntary. There is no payment for participation. We will very much appreciate your time - your participation will help us better understand how to develop professional development opportunities around early psychosis for school professionals.
For more information and to complete the survey, please click this link:
https://redcap.link/earlypsychosis_questionnaire_school_professionals
Should you have any questions or need further information, please reach out to Julia Milkins, Research Coordinator for this study, at julia.milkins@pennmedicine.upenn.edu
Thank you for your time and consideration.
Melissa Nelson, Ed.D. Monica E. Calkins, PhD.
University of Pittsburgh University of Pennsylvania
Study #2
Project Title: Looking into Our Implicit Biases: Embarking on the Journey of Cultural Awareness
I am working on important research initiatives to help us learn about common beliefs people might have about different cultures. This is the first in a series of studies. To gain this information, we are asking school psychologists to take part in an anonymous online survey, which will take approximately 11 minutes to complete. The information from this study will be used to create programs that will help school psychologists increase skills related to different cultures.
Please do not hesitate to contact me at rhondatabbahphd@gmail.com if you have any questions or require additional information about this research.
To access the survey, please follow the link below:
https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/3G87K5X
Thank you for your valuable time and consideration! I look forward to your response!
Study #3
Project Title: Social justice supervision practices of field-based school psychology supervisors: An empirical study
My name is Brandy Elrod, and I am a predoctoral school psychology student at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia. I am seeking to better understand the indirect and direct social justice supervision practices used by field-based supervisors, as well as their training for and efficacy in using these practices. This is an important area of research that currently has little empirical evidence. This research is being supervised by my dissertation committee (Joel Meyers, PhD, dissertation committee chair). A copy of IRB approval from Georgia State University is on file with ASPP.
I am requesting your participation in this research by completing a brief survey https://gsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_3OtleLg5AbLaryu
The survey should take no more than 10 minutes to complete. Participation in this research is entirely voluntary with no foreseeable risk, and participants will be provided with an informed consent prior to participating.
Many thanks in advance for your consideration of this project. Please email me with any questions or concerns. I am happy to discuss this research project further at your convenience.
Brandy Elrod (belrod1@student.gsu.edu)