To my mother: I could not have completed this project without all of your help and support. I love you iii ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS I would like to acknowledge the amazing support from my family and from my academic advisor. Thank you so much for all of your encouragement and guidance in completing this project. Furthermore, I would like to acknowledge the help I received from the superintendent of the school district that I worked with and all of the school staff (principal, vice-principal, teachers, speech and language pathologist, and school psychologist). This project would have been infinitely more difficult without your assistance and support. Last, I would like to thank the students I worked with. I had a fantastic time working with you and you made the data collection phase a joy to complete.