Julie Acres
Masahiro Minami – Final Ph.D. Defence (CNPS)
Title: “Development and Field Testing of Action-Based Psychosocial Reconciliation Approach in Post-Genocide Rwanda”
ECPS Spring Graduation Reception 2014
Please RSVP if you can attend the ECPS Graduation Reception on Thursday, May 22, 2014 | 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. | 4th floor, Neville Scarfe Building
Debra Sandilands – Final Ph.D. Defence (MERM)
Title: “Accuracy of differential item functioning detection methods in structurally missing data due to booklet design”
Carolyn Burns – Final Ph.D. Defence (CNPS)
Title: “What helps and hinders the decision to access psychological services in a police population: A critical incident study.”
Lucy Gofton – Final Ph.D. Defence (CNPS)
Title: “Older adults’ experiences of having managed well in making the transition to assisted living.”
CNPS Spring Colloquium Series with Dr. Eugene Mullan
Professor Eugene Mullan is the Director of Clinical Training and a co-founder of the Mood Disorders Centre (2004) at the University of Exeter in the United Kingdom. Dr. Mullan is presents on April 30th and again on May 1st.
Second Research Day at Peter Wall Institute
On behalf of Marion Porath, Professor Emeritus, all students, staff, and faculty are invited to attend this wonderful event!
Asli Kucukbumin – Final M.A. Defence (CNPS)
Title: “Counselling? No, Thanks!”
ECPS Recipients of the 2013-2014 Graduate Student Research Grant
Nine ECPS students (out of 21 overall Faculty of Education recipients) have received the 2013-2014 Faculty of Education Graduate Student Research Grant!
Matthew Lee – Final M.A. Defence (SCPS)
Title: Getting Off to a Good Start: Problem Behaviours, Teacher-Child Relationship Quality and Early School Adjustment
Sara Shababi Shad – Final M.A. Defence (SPED)
Title: Use of a Mindfulness Practice to Decrease Problem Behaviour and Increase Engaged Time of Three Students in an Elementary School setting.
Dr. Joanna Cannon Expands Her Teaching Skills for PADS
Watch our video interview with Dr. Cannon as she introduces Clove, a female yellow lab that she is training for the Pacific Assistance Dogs Society.
Dr. Kadriye Ercikan Elected as Vice President of AERA
On March 14, 2014, Dr. Kadriye Ercikan was elected as Vice President of the American Educational Research Association.
Samantha Kwon – Final M.A. Defence (SPED)
Title: Transforming Coercive Processes with a Korean Family of a Child with a Developmental Disability and Problem Behaviour
Lina Sweiss – Final Ph.D. Defence (HDLC)
Title: Examining the Patterns of Participation in Out-Of-School Time Structured Programs and Free-Time Activities in Relation to Positive Youth Development During Middle Childhood
Victoria Sobie – Final M.A. Defence (SPED)
Title: Examining the Implementation of a Family-Centred Positive Behaviour Support Approach Designed to be Sibling-Friendly: A Single-Subject Experimental Investigation
Creating Classroom Conditions for Higher-Order Thinking and Informative Assessment
Everyone in the Faculty of Education are invited to attend a talk by Professor Jacqueline Leighton!
6th Engaged Philosophical Inquiry Symposium
Friday, March 28, 2014 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. Scarfe Library Block, room 278 Dr. Susan Gardner (Capilano University) will begin by describing, in general terms, what the proposed Philosophy for Children summer camp to be held at UFV in July 2014 will look like, and the various themes that will emphasized, e.g., the importance […]
Bernardus Larryant – Final M.A. Defence (SPED)
Title: “The Impact of a Visual Activity Schedule for Teaching Swimming to Children with Disabilities”
Research Colloquium: The Ripple Effect of Adolescent ADHD
Please join the UBC School Psychology Program in welcoming and join us for the presentation by: Dr. Judith Wiener, Professor, School & Clinical Child Psychology OISE/University of Toronto.
Dadaab Project Donation
UBC’s Faculty of Education acknowledged the donation by Worth Publishers of 200 copies of their textbook, ‘The Development of Children’, to the Secondary Teacher Education Program in the Dadaab Refugee Camp, Kenya.
R-software Workshop
The focus of this workshop will be on how to manipulate data using the R program and how to install and use R “packages”.
Assessing Assessment: Best Practice & New Research 12th Annual Assessment Conference
For more information, download the conference programme. Conference schedule and registration form included within the programme.
Juliette Lyons-Thomas – Final Ph.D. Defence (MERM)
Title: “Using think aloud protocols in the validity investigation of an assessment of complex thinking.”
Building a Balanced CV – HDLC Workshop 2014
Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education Drs. Jenna Shapka and Jennifer Vadeboncoeur present a workshop on, Building a Balanced CV. Your academic CV is a representation of your experiences and growing expertise. If you’re interested in learning more about how to intentionally build a CV that is likely to expand your opportunities for positions […]
Inclusive Education – SPED Workshop 2014
Special Education presents the penultimate workshop in ECPS’s March Workshop Series on Monday, March 24, 2014. Join Dr. Pat Mirenda, Professor in Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education, for an informative workshop on Inclusion for Educators: What, Why, Who, and How? This workshop will provide an overview of what is meant by inclusive education, […]
Negotiating a Salary – MERM Workshop 2014
Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology is excited to present the first workshop in ECPS’s month-long series on Monday, March 3, 2014. Guest presenter, Marlene Delanghe, will be leading the workshop topic, “Negotiating a Salary.” Location: Neville Scarfe Library Block, room 278 Time: 2:00 – 3:00 p.m. Everyone is welcome to participate!
CIHR 3-year Operating Grant Awarded to Dr. Lynn Miller
Dr. Lynn Miller has been awarded a 3-year Operating Grant ($911,632) from Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) for the project, “Neural Correlates in Childhood-onset Obsessive Compulsive Disorder.”
March Workshop Series
Each program area will be hosting a workshop on various topics. Everyone is welcome to participate in any of these workshops!
Tim Laidler – Final M.A. Defence (CNPS)
Title: Studying the Effects of a Veterans Transition Program Style Retreat (company of men) on Participant’s Perception and Experience of Masculinity
Michelle Kozey – Final Ph.D. Defence (SCPS)
Title: Executive Functions and Subtypes of Childhood Aggression
UBC Health Information Series, Dr. Linda Siegel Presentation
The Irving K. Barber Learning Centre and Woodward Library is sponsoring the UBC Health Information Series on Thursday, February 20, 2014. Dr. Linda Siegel, professor and author of Understanding Dyslexia and Other Learning Disabilities, will be presenting her latest research and addressing facts and fallacies that we may have about children with learning disabilities. View […]
Owen Lo, SPED Tenure-Track Candidate Colloquia
ECPS welcomes a special colloquia by Dr. Owen Lo on Tuesday, March 4, 2014 from 10:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m in Scarfe Library Block, room 278. Everyone is welcome to attend this colloquia titled, “Another Big Bang Theory! A Labeling Study: When Giftedness Meets ADHD”.
Richard Young Interview in Dedalus Project (Video)
Italian novelists, Roberto Saviano and Alessandro Baricco, and the young people involved introduce this video of a Dedalus project on the use of narrative in a career guidance program in Italian secondary schools. After two years the Dedulus project concluded successfully in December 2013 with fewer school dropouts and more self awarness and self-efficacy among […]
Counselling Psychology Information Session, April 2014
All interested folks are welcome to attend the upcoming Counselling Psychology Information Session scheduled on Wednesday, April 23, 2014 from 4:30 – 5:30 PM. This one hour session will help answer any program or admission criteria questions that you may have about one of UBC’s most competative graduate programs. No RSVP necessary.
Dana Dmytro (MA)
Dana Dmytro (MA) has recently completed a BA majoring in Psychology at UBC and is now in the MA program in School Psychology. As a Research Assistant in Dr. Ann Cameron’s Child Study Lab she has been assisting with research related to adolescent boys’ navigation of romantic relationships, attachment relations and cortisol reactivity, and cultural […]
Angelina Lee (MA)
Angelina Lee (MA) is originally from Seoul, Korea and grew up in Metro Vancouver. She received her B.A. in Psychology with a minor in English Literature at UBC. Angel has worked as a research assistant in the Early Development Research Group at UBC and as an educational assistant in Burnaby School District. Under the supervision […]
Simon Lisaingo (MA)
Simon Lisaingo (MA) grew up in Port Moody, B.C. He completed a B.Sc. degree in Genetics and a B.Ed. in Middle Years education at UBC. While teaching in rural Yukon, he discovered an interest in how the field of psychology could be better applied to the classroom. He pursued this academic interest while living and […]
Jaime Semchuk (MEd)
Jaime Semchuk (MEd) grew up in the town of La Salle, Manitoba. She completed her Bachelors degree in Psychology at Canadian Mennonite University in Winnipeg, MB and is excited to be starting the graduate program in School Psychology at UBC. Though she moved to Vancouver only recently, she can’t believe how at home she feels […]
Lindsay Starosta (MA)
Lindsay Starosta (MA) was born in Montreal and raised in Ottawa. She received her Bachelor of Science (Honours) in psychology from The University of Western Ontario. She is very excited to be in a program that promotes bridging the gap between research and practice. Her primary research interest is in the area of bullying and […]
Mackenzie Switzer (MA)
Mackenzie Switzer (MA) is from Tsawwassen, BC – a small west coast community south of Vancouver. She recently earned her Bachelors of Arts (Honours) in Psychology at Trinity Western University in Langley, BC, where she also completed a Human Services Certificate and a minor in Special Education. Mackenzie has enjoyed opportunities to support exceptional elementary […]
Catherine Archambault (MA)
Catherine Archambault (MA) grew up in Montreal, Qc. She completed her B.Sc. majoring in Psychology at McGill University. Her work as an behaviour interventionist with children with autism spectrum disorder as well as her work as a research assistant in the School Psychology department at McGill sparked her interest for the field. She loves the […]
School Psychology Participating at the NASP 2014 Annual Convention
Several School Psychology professors and graduate students will be representing Educational & Counselling Psychology, and Special Education at the upcoming National Association of School Psychologists convention. Various presentations are scheduled by SCPS faculty and graduate students throughout the convention, running from February 18-21, 2014. View the complete presentation schedule, including […]
Rebecca Collie – Final Ph.D. Defence (HDLC)
Title: Understanding Teacher Well-Being and Motivation: Measurement, Theory, and Change Over Time
Engaged Philosophical Inquiry Symposium
Thinking outside the box: What are the Big Questions in unpacking Core Competencies in schools?
Changes and Challenges for Inquiry Based Teaching Approaches.
EPSE 578 | Ethics for Behaviour Analysts
Credits: 3
EPSE 525 | Sign Language Studies
Credits: 3
EPSE 316 | Learning Disabilities
Identification, assessment, and needs of children with learning disabiliites. Credits: 3
Colloquia: Gestalt Approach to Counselling – The role of two chair technique
Thursday, February 13, 2014; 4:30 – 6:30 pm in the Food and Nutrition Building, room 60 (2205 East Mall)
Play Therapy: Theory and Techniques Colloquia
Tuesday, January 28, 2014
4:30 – 6:30 pm in Library Block, Room 278
Emily Koert – Final Ph.D. Defence (CNPS)
Title: “When Time Runs Out: The Experience of Unintentional Childlessness for Women who Delayed Childbearing.”
Prestigious Junior Scholar Award Granted to CNPS Ph.D. Candidate, Masahiro Minami
ECPS is extremely pleased to announce that Masahiro Minami has received the prestigious Junior Scholar Award by the Japanese Society for Morita Therapy on Nov. 29, 2013 at their 31st Annual Conference in Japan.
Dan Cox on Soldier Suicides
…”convincing soldiers to seek suicide preventative support is a challenging effort.”
Linda Siegel on Dyslexia’s Deadly Toll
Dyslexia can lead to negative behaviours if it is not properly identified and treated, says Dr. Linda Siegel.
Movember Canada Research Award Goes To: Drs. Marvin Westwood (CNPS) & David Kuhl (Family Practice)
The Masculinities and Men’s Depression and Suicide Network – otherwise referred to as MD&S-net. Comprising 15 researchers across four provinces and dedicated to implementing and formally evaluating five projects to advance the mental health of Canadian men and their families. MD&S-Net will deliver the five projects over three years and the team has strong linkages […]
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Tim Laidler on CTV News, discusses recent military suicides
Tim Laidler of Veterans Transition Network discusses the type of issues soldiers face when they return home and what needs to be done. View the entire CTV News video clip, courtesy of theloop.ca.
Lina Darwich – Final PhD Defence (HDLC)
4:00 pm – Room 310, Neville Scarfe Building
Carson Kivari – Final MA Defence (CNPS)
10:30am, Library Block Room 278, Neville Scarfe Library Block
SCPS Students Association United Way Bake Sale
Stop by this fundraiser and try some baked goods, by donation!
Counselling Interventions Based on Contextual Action Theory and Research
An interactive workshop inviting participants to actively engage with CAT theory and research, discussing applications to counselling and generating additional interventions for future empirical validation.
Patricia Nitkin – Final PhD Defence (CNPS)
12:30pm, Room 200, Graduate Student Center
Dr. Marvin Westwood talks about helping veterans deal with PTSD-related symptoms
The Veterans Transition Program is designed to help former military people help each other recover from traumas, says co-founder Marvin Westwood. Photo: Andrii Kondiuk, iStock.
CNPS 532A (VRHC)| Psychological Assessment in Counselling
The use of standardized measures of mental ability, achievement, aptitude, interest and personality.
CNPS 508 | Review of Research in Educational Methods
Studies are made of recent research bearing on educational practice.
CNPS 365 | Introduction to Theories of Counselling
An overview of selected theories of counselling.
CNPS 362 | Basic Interviewing Skills
Development of basic interviewing skills for counselling and guidance. [3-3]