Veronica Smith, PhD

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EDHS 505 - Program Evaluation

Priority given to graduate students in the Master of Education in Health Sciences Education program. This course provides an overview of the foundational principles, methods, ethics, and standards that underpin evaluation. These principles will be considered within the various contexts of health sciences education. Sections are offered at an increased rate of fee assessment.

EDPY 304 - Adolescent Development and Learning

This course will include theories of development and learning, sociocultural influences on development and learning, and contexts of identity and health of adolescents. Prerequisite EDU 100 or pre/corequisite EDU 300 (After Degree students). Students may not receive credit for both EDPY 304 and EDPY 404. This course may not be taken for credit if credit for PSYCH 327 or PSYCH 223 is already awarded. May contain alternative delivery sections; refer to the Tuition and Fees page in the University Regulations section of the Calendar.

EDPY 497 - Senior Seminars

Content varies from year to year. Topics announced prior to registration period. Prerequisite: consent of Department.

EDPY 501 - Introduction to Methods of Educational Research

Priority given to graduate students in the Department of Educational Psychology.

EDPY 552 - Autism: Assessment and Intervention

This course will provide an overview of learning and perceptual processes and current empirically based assessment and intervention supports relevant to autism.

EDPY 556 - Issues and Trends in Special Education: Prevalence of Exceptionalities and Professional Practice

Aspects of theory, research and professional practice within the field of special education will be examined in this class. All special needs and developmental disorders are considered, particularly in the realm of theory/practice relationships. Such issues as program evaluation, integration, personnel preparation, and the identification of special needs will be considered. Validity of current practices and beliefs will be addressed through reviews of research, theory, and legislation/policy and the relationship between these areas and professional practice. EDPY 556 is the first course in the prescribed sequence for the Special Education Cohort students.

EDPY 620 - Advanced Seminar in Special Education

Deals with the theoretical foundations and current applied developments in the field of special education and student exceptionality.

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2017 to 2020

I am co-investigator on a large research project that was funded by the British Columbia Ministry of Child and Family Development. The aim of the project is to develop, implement, and evaluate an evidence-based parent coaching intervention for children aged 15 to 30 months who are at risk for autism spectrum disorder (ASD). To this end, we have partnered with early interventionists in 14 communities in BC to achieve the following aims: 

1. To establish an authentic community of practice for parent coaching in each and across the participating communities;

2. To identify best/promising practices that will optimize future implementation of the parent coaching model in diverse settings;

3. To train early interventionists to coach parents of at-risk children to use strategies that will facilitate optimal development with fidelity in home and community settings;

4. To examine the effectiveness of the parent coaching model by conducting a randomized controlled trial (RCT); and

5. To conduct a cost-effectiveness analysis that compares parent coaching to services that are ordinarily available to toddlers at risk for ASD in BC.

As co-investigator, my primary role in the project is objective #2, to identify the promising practices that will optimize future implementation of the service across the province. 

Schonert-Reichl, K., Smith, V., & Zaidman-Zait, A.

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Smith, V., Zaidman-Zait, A., & Mirenda, P.

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Smith, V., & Bopp, K.

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Smith, V., & Siegel, L.

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Smith, V., & Zaidman-Zait, A.

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