Implementation Survey

Project WILLD (Writing in students with language-based disabilities) is an intervention program designed to improve informative paragraph writing in fourth and fifth grade elementary students with language-based learning disabilities (LLD). Students with LLD are those with difficulties with reading, writing, or spelling and receive special education supports from speech-language pathologists (SLP), general educators (GE) or special educators (SE), who are considered the end-users of the intervention. The purpose of this study is to obtain end-user feedback from educators (SLP, GE, SE) following their implementation of the intervention materials. The intervention materials include 21 lesson plans with learning objectives and suggested activities to support students meeting these objectives, alongside additional resources including an overview and instructional video. The intervention materials will be made available through a password protected link sent via email, following the study procedures outlined below and available in full detail in the informed consent form, CLICK HERE.

The Principal Investigator of this study is Dr. Anthony Koutsoftas, PhD, CCC-SLP, associate professor in the Department of Speech Language Pathology at Seton Hall University, S. Orange, NJ, and director of the Reading Oral Language and Writing Lab (ROW-Lab) through which this study is being conducted. This research is funded by a grant from the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences (Grant #: R324A2000046).

If you would like to enroll in the study, please complete the following steps:

  1. Read the informed consent form (CLICK HERE). If you meet the study requirements and want to participate in the study, continue to step 2. If you have additional questions, please contact Dr. Anthony Koutsoftas, PhD, CCC-SLP (anthony.koutsoftas@shu.edu), who is the Principal Investigator for this study.
  2. This study uses implied consent meaning that your completion of surveys, which include an opportunity to agree with informed consent procedures, serves as your informed consent to participate in the study.
  3. Complete the Screening and Enrollment survey (see below).
  4. If you meet the study requirements, you will receive an email from Dr. Anthony Koutsoftas, PhD, CCC-SLP, that includes Project WILLD lesson plans and instructional videos.
  5. You may withdraw from the study at any time by sending an email to Dr. Anthony Koutsoftas, PhD, CCC-SLP, who is the Principal Investigator for the study (anthony.koutsoftas@shu.edu). Simply write “Please withdraw me from the study,” in the subject line of the email.

Please be sure to check junk and spam filters for correspondence or add anthony.koutsoftas@shu.edu to your safe email list (or equivalent).

CLICK HERE TO COMPLETE THE SCREENING & ENROLLMENT SURVEY