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.
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Paige N. Dunlap, Ph.D. LCMHC-S (NC), LPC (GA/MI), CRC, NCC, ACS, BCC, CVE, IPEC is a Sr. Contributing Faculty member at Walden University. Her research focuses on aspects of counseling and counselor education including counselor supervision, transition-age youth with disabilities, and multicultural issues. Specifically, she has published a number of articles on the counseling implications of providing services to gang members and other criminal populations with disabilities. She has served as the American Rehabilitation Counseling Association's (ARCA) Governing Council Representative to the American Counseling Association and ARCA President.
PhD, Southern Illinois University
MS, Southern University and A&M College
BA, Grambling State University
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