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.
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
Develop the skills and confidence you need to tackle complex managerial challenges, contribute new knowledge, or teach at the graduate level.
Courses
Develop the skills and confidence needed for complex managerial challenges and research with Walden’s ACBSP-accredited PhD program.
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Dr. Nicole Bradley is an Ohio Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor with a supervisory designation. She has eight years of clinical experience, including work at community mental health agencies, college counseling centers, a tobacco cessation program, and an employee assistance program. Dr. Bradley is a member of the American Counseling Association, the Ohio Counseling Association, and the Association for Counselor Education and Supervision. Her research interests include counselor self-care and wellness, creativity in counseling and teaching, relational cultural theory, and supervision. Dr. Bradley started as a contributing faculty member in Walden’s MS in Clinical Mental Health Counseling program in 2014 and moved into a core faculty role in 2020.
COUN 6306 - Ethics and Legal Issues
Coun 6100 - Introduction to Mental Health Counseling
PhD, Kent State University
MS, Youngstown State University
BS, Baldwin Wallace College
Faculty Excellence Award, , 2023
Friesema, A., Bradley, N. L. (2022). How an RCT lens can enhance Skovholt’s Cycle of Caring for counselor educator self-care. Journal of Counselor Preparation and Supervision
Bradley, N., Cragien, L., Stargell, N., Whisenhunt, J., Campbell, E., Kress, V. (2020). Relational-cultural supervision: A humanistic approach to promoting vulnerability and counselor development. Journal of Humanistic Counseling
Friesema, A., Bradley, N. L. (2022). How an RCT lens can enhance Skovholt’s cycle of caring for counselor educator self-care. NCACES
Bradley, N. L., Powell, J. (2022). Relational Cultural theory in Distance Counselor Education in the Eyes of a Mentor and Her Mentee. . NCACES
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