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The Healthy Families Research Program is committed to collaborating with community stakeholders in family health including parents, special education and related service providers,\u00a0and\u00a0pediatric healthcare providers such as occupational therapists and pediatricians.\u00a0 Dr. Smith\u00a0is available to meet with\u00a0community members to engage in\u00a0topics of interest or need from you.\u00a0 She is also available to provide formal or informal consultations, presentations, or workshops tailored to your unique needs.\u00a0 She presents regularly on topics related to family health and pediatric occupational therapy service provision.\u00a0 Some of Dr. Smith’s community engagements, presentations, and workshops\u00a0include the following:<\/p>\nCOMMUNITY PARTNERS
\n<\/strong>Twenty-One Senses<\/a> <\/em>is a nonprofit organization that supports parents and caregivers of chidren with sensory processing needs through awareness building, parent-coaching, and extensive resource provision.\u00a0 Twenty-One Senses and the Healthy Families Research Program share a common purpose in supporting families to be able to engage in the everyday life activities that they want to do as a family. We both value providing resources and support to help families in their jounrney toward community participation.\u00a0 We are partnering in implementation of the Healthy Families Flourish Program at UNH as well as the Sensory Scout Program at Twenty-One Senses.\nPEDIATRIC PROVIDERS
\n<\/strong>Use of occupational therapy in supporting family and youth resilience<\/em>. 2022, Subject matter expert presenter.\u00a0Mental Health Care Access in Pediatrics, Project ECHO, NH.\u00a0Presented\u00a0to pediatric primary care providers on the role of occupational therapy in supporting pediatric social and emotional health and child and family resilience.\n

Evidence-based occupational therapy approaches for children with ADHD and\/or trauma<\/em>. 2021, Subject matter expert presenter. Mental Health Care Access in Pediatrics, Project ECHO, NH.\u00a0Presented\u00a0to pediatric primary care providers on occupational therapy as an intervention modality for supporting children with ADHD and\/or trauma to participate in everyday routines and activities.<\/p>\n

Family engagement in supporting children with anxiety and depression.<\/em>\u00a02020, Subject matter expert co-presenter. Mental Health Care Access in Pediatrics, Project ECHO, NH. Presented\u00a0to pediatric primary care providers on authentic family engagement in services.<\/p>\n

Considering the health of families: Implications for pediatric OT practice<\/em>.\u00a0 2019, presenter.\u00a0 New Hampshire Occupational Therapy Association. Manchester, NH. Presented\u00a0to occupational therapists qualities of healthy families and how to support these qualities in our pediatric therapy interventions.<\/p>\n

Critically appraising research: An evidence-based practice primer<\/em>. 2014,\u00a0Invited presenter.\u00a0 Ability Group Pediatric Therapy Clinic.\u00a0 Anchorage, AK.\u00a0 Presented to occupational and physical therapists about how to locate, read, interpret and apply research articles to practice.<\/p>\n

Gross motor function classification and prognostication for children with cerebral palsy<\/em>. 2013, Invited presenter. 3rd Medical Wing Pediatrics and Family Support Group. Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, AK.\u00a0 Presented to pediatricians on applications of the GMFCS to medical decision making and therapy referral processes.<\/p>\nSCHOOL DISTRICTS
\n<\/strong>Supporting self-regulation in elementary school students<\/em>.\u00a0 2013, Invited presenter.\u00a0 Anchorage School District. Eagle River, AK.\u00a0 Presented to general education and special education teachers on practical ways to\u00a0embed\u00a0self regulation strategies in the classroom and school environments for all children.\n

Applying the ICF to school-based occupational therapy practice for students with eating and feeding dysfunction<\/em>. Invited 2015 trainer.\u00a0 Anchorage School District.\u00a0 Anchorage, AK.\u00a0 Provided workshop for school-based occupational therapists on practical ways to evaluate and provide eating and feeding interventions to maximize student’s participation in snack and mealtimes at school.<\/p>\n

Eating and feeding dysfunction in infants and children on the autism spectrum<\/em>.\u00a0 2003, Invited presenter. Anchorage School District. Anchorage, AK.\u00a0 Presented to school-based occupational and physical therapists on eating and feeding for children with autism.\u00a0 Provided specific evaluation and intervention strategies for application to improve children’s mealtime outcomes.<\/p>\n

Developmentally appropriate hand skills<\/em>. 2003, Invited presenter.\u00a0 Anchorage School District.\u00a0 Eagle River, AK.\u00a0 Presented to early childhood special education teachers on development of hand skills in preschool aged children.\u00a0 Provided specific strategies to support development of skills within the natural environment of the early childhood classroom.<\/p>\n

Fine motor skill development in the typical child<\/em>.\u00a0 2001, Invited trainer. \u00a0Headstart Foundation. Anchorage, AK.\u00a0 Provided workshop for Headstart teachers on the development of hand skills in preschool children.\u00a0 Provided specific ideas for supporting the development of these skills embedded within the natural environment of the early childhood classroom.<\/p>\nACADEMIC SETTINGS
\n<\/strong>Service-Learning: Connecting faculty, students, and community partners together<\/em>.\u00a0 Workshop presenter.\u00a0 2015 UAA Leadership Conference: Leadership Redefined.\u00a0 Anchorage, AK.\u00a0 Presented to students and faculty about developing, implementing, and evaluating\u00a0service learning within course curricula.\n

A post-professional doctorate: Impacts on professional practice and personal development<\/em>. Invited Presenter.\u00a0 2015 Oklahoma Occupational Therapy Association State Conference.\u00a0 Tulsa, OK.\u00a0 Presented to occupational therapists about decision making factors influencing the choice to obtain\u00a0a post-professional doctorate as well as personal and professional growth outcomes.<\/p>\nCONTACT
\n<\/strong>If you are interested in setting up a meeting, presentation, or workshop please contact Dr. Smith at s.smith@unh.edu<\/a>\u00a0or call 603.862.2463\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Healthy Families Research Program is committed to collaborating with community stakeholders in family health including parents, special education and related service providers,\u00a0and\u00a0pediatric healthcare providers such as occupational therapists and pediatricians.\u00a0 Dr. Smith\u00a0is available to meet with\u00a0community members to engage in\u00a0topics of interest or need from you.\u00a0 She is also available to provide formal or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":79,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-23","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/79"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=23"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25,"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/23\/revisions\/25"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sites.usnh.edu\/healthy-families\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=23"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}