View our EdD Early Childhood specialization completion requirements
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
- Core courses (50 cr.)
- Capstone (10 cr.)
Minimum degree requirements:
60 quarter credits
Courses
In the EdD Early Childhood Education specialization, you’ll build skills and progress toward your final capstone project in every course.
Disclaimers: Walden students have up to 8 years to complete their doctoral program unless they petition for an extension.
In general, students are continuously registered in the dissertation/doctoral study course until they complete their capstone project and it is approved. This usually takes longer than the minimum required terms in the dissertation/doctoral study course shell.
To complete a doctoral dissertation, students must obtain the academic approval of several independent evaluators including their committee, the University Research Reviewer, and the Institutional Review Board; pass the Form and Style Review; gain approval at the oral defense stage; and gain final approval by the Chief Academic Officer. Students must also publish their dissertation on ProQuest before their degree is conferred. Learn more about the dissertation process in the Dissertation Guidebook.
For a personalized estimate of the number of your transfer credits that Walden would accept, call an Enrollment Specialist at 844-937-8785.
Courses
PhD completion program courses help you return to doctoral work, match with an advisor, and stay on track to finishing your dissertation.
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Before coming to Walden in 2008, Dr. Green was a tenured, Associate Professor in Counseling and Human Development at Walsh University, North Canton, Ohio where she was also the School Counseling Coordinator. She is a licensed professional clinical counselor (LPCC) with supervisory status and holds both National Certified Counselor and National Certified School Counselor from National Board of Certified Counselors (NBCC).
She earned a PhD in Counseling and Human Development Services from Kent State University as well as two master's degrees, one in Early Childhood Education, the other in School Counseling. Dr. Green has extensive experience working as a teacher, a school counselor, and as a private mental health counselor. She has been serving as a counselor educator since 1995. Her specialty interests include group counseling, grief and trauma counseling, working as a volunteer mental health counselor for the Red Cross, women's issues, child and adolescent counseling, and training both school and mental health counselors.
She has presented widely at local, state, national, and international conferences. Her current research has taken her to Tanzania, one of the poorest nations in the world, every summer since 2009. In this nation where counseling is not yet a profession, Dr. Green conducts training seminars for local people to become Mental Health Facilitators and is conducting research regarding the perceived self-efficacy of those who have received the training and are currently using their newly acquired skills. Dr. Green will continue this social change work in the developing world as long as possible.
COUN 6722 - Counseling and Psychotherapy Theories
COUN 6100 - Introduction to Mental Health Counseling
COUN 6250 - Group Process and Dynamics
COUN 6101 - Foundations of Graduate Study in Counseling
BA, Thiel College
MEd, Kent State University
MEd, Kent State University
PhD, Kent State University
Kilimanjaro Mission of Hope and Outreach, Board of Directors - Moshi
Chi Sigma Iota, Kent State University, 1987
Charles Weaver Award for Long and Distinguished Service, Ohio Counseling Association, 2006
Shaw, S. L., Green, J. (2022). Cognitive-Behavioral theories. In D. Capuzzi & M. D. Stauffer (Eds.), Counseling and psychotherapy: Theories and interventions (7th ed., pp. 193-216). American Counseling Association..
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