Greetings!
My name is Dr. Jennifer Kirsch, and I am an Assistant Professor in the Counseling and Human Services Department at East Tennessee State University. I am completing an investigation in collaboration with my colleagues, Dr. Laura Boddicker of Loras College and Dr. Michelle Jasczynski of the University of Maryland. We are working on project focused on investigating the relationship between sexual attitudes and wellness in both counselors-in-training (CITs) and counselor educators and/or supervisors (CE/Ss). Participants will be asked to complete a Qualtrics survey lasting approximately 30 minutes.
To be eligible as a counselors-in-training (CITs), participants must:
Must be 18 or older
Must be physically in the United States of America
If a student CIT:
Be currently enrolled in a CACREP accredited program
Must have completed, and successfully passed, their Practicum course
Not be independently licensed
If a graduate CIT:
Graduated from a CACREP accredited program
Be currently working, at least, part-time (20 hrs/wk) as a professional counselor-in-training or professional school counselor-in-training
Not be independently licensed
To be eligible as a counselor educator and/or supervisor (CE/Ss), participants must:
Must be 18 or older
Must be physically in the United States of America
Graduated with a minimum of a Masters degree from a CACREP accredited program
Have completed the requisite training and education necessary to supervise CITs
Be actively providing supervision to CITs at Practicum, Internship and/or post-graduate level
This study has been awarded grant funds from the Association of Counselor Education and Supervision (ACES), part of which have been allocated for participant incentivization. Seven-hundred fifty dollars ($750) have been approved for participant incentivization to be broken into the following denominations: Eight (8) $50 gift cards and fourteen (14) $25 gift cards. In the spirit of equality between the two populations this investigation is focused on (CITs and CE/Ss, respectively), the denominations will be split evenly between the two populations: Four (4) $50 gift cards will be reserved for CIT participants and four (4) will be reserved for CE/S participants. Seven (7) $25 gift cards will be reserved for CIT participants and seven (7) will be reserved for CE/S participants. Following the close of the survey, eleven (11) CIT participants and eleven (11) CE/S participants will be selected at random to receive one of the above-mentioned gift cards.
I hope you will consider sharing this opportunity with members of your counseling association, colleagues, coworkers, employees, students or over social media!
If you are interested in learning more, please follow the link below: https://etsu.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_9YtGx5Em93wm8xo
If you have any questions, please contact me (the PI), Dr. Jennifer Kirsch, at KirschJ@etsu.edu, or my research team colleagues Dr. Laura Boddicker, Laura.Boddicker@loras.edu, and Dr. Michelle Jasczynski, MJasczyn@umd.edu.
Sincerely,
