International Invited Presentations
2017
Smith, S. W. (2017, February). Self-Regulation Development for Students with Significant Behavioral Problems. School of Education, Inclusion in Education and Society Research Group, Center for People with Intellectual Disabilities, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
Smith, S. W. (2017, February). Problem-Solving Skills Instruction for Students with Behavior Problems. School of Education, Inclusion in Education and Society Research Group, the Trinity Center for People with Intellectual Disabilities, and the Irish Association of Teachers in Special Education, Trinity College, Dublin, Ireland.
2016
Smith, S. W., & Brownell, M. T. (2016, May). Impact of Self-Regulation and Executive Functioning Deficits on the Social-Emotional Well Being of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. University of Limerick, Department of Education & Professional Studies and Department of Psychology, Limerick, Ireland.
Brownell, M. T., & Smith, S. W. (2016, June). Developing Scholarship in Demanding Times: Reflections on Research, Publishing, and Taking Advantage of Context. Mary Immaculate College, Department of Special Education, Limerick, Ireland.
2009
Smith, S. W. (2009, July). Teaching Students With Significant Behavior Problems To Use Social Problem Solving To Manage Anger And Aggression. (Feature Presentation). University of Sydney. Successful Learning Conference. Sydney, Australia.
National Invited Presentations
2017
Smith, S. W. (2017, April). Development and Research of Three Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions for Teaching Self-Regulation Skills to Students with Behavior Problems. Department of Early Childhood, Special Education, and Rehabilitation Counseling, University of Kentucky. Lexington, KY.
Smith, S. W. (2017, April). Self Regulation and Students with Behavior Problems: Recruiting Executive Functions to Manage Emotions, Set Goals, & Solve Social Problems. Music Education, Special Interest Group. Invited presentation at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
2016
Smith, S. W. (2016, November). Research Roundtable: Preparing Doctoral Students for Dissertation Research (Discussant). 39th Annual Teacher Education Division National Conference, Council for Exceptional Students, Lexington, KY.
Smith, S. W. (2016, April). Writing for Publication: Some Quick Tips. Division for Research – Beginning Career Researchers Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-94rd Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO.
Smith, S. W. (2016, April). Organizer, & Chair – Division for Research Beginning Career Researchers Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-94rd Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO.
2015
Smith, S. W. (2015, November). Research Roundtable: Preparing Doctoral Students for Dissertation Research (Discussant). 38th Annual Teacher Education Division National Conference, Council for Exceptional Students, Tempe, AZ.
Smith, S. W. (2015, August). Considering Conceptual Frameworks in Special Education Research (Invited Lecture). University of Virginia, Department of Special Education, Charlottesville, VA.
2014
Smith, S. W. (2014, November). Preparing Doctoral Students for Dissertation Research (Discussant). 37th Annual Teacher Education Division National Conference, Council for Exceptional Children, Indianapolis, IN.
2013
Smith, S. W. (2013, April). Chair & Organizer- Division for Research, Beginning Career Researchers All-Day Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-91st Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.
Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2013, April). Preventing Classroom Disruption by Teaching Self-Regulation Skills Through Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions. Council for Exceptional Children-91st Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.
Smith, S. W. (2013, April). Writing for Publication: Research-Based Journals. (Panelist). Division for Research, Beginning Career Researchers Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-91st Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. L., Smith, S. W., Chalfant, P., Santiago-Poventud, L., & Gleaton, J. (2013, March). Development of A K-1 Social-Emotional Learning Curriculum For Children At Risk for Emotional and Behavioral Disorders, U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, 2013 Project Directors Meeting, Washington, DC.
2010
Smith, S. W. (2010, April). Writing for Publication: Research-Based Journals. (Panelist). Division for Research, Beginning Career Researchers Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-88th Annual Convention, Nashville, TN.
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Garvan, C. G., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G., & Wei, L. (2010, June). Efficacy of the Tools for Getting Along Curriculum for Reducing Risk for Emotional/Behavioral Problems. (Poster Presentation). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences 2010 Research Conference, Washington, DC.
2009
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Garvan, C. W., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G. G., & Van Loan, C. (2009, June). Universal Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Elementary Students to Reduce Disruptive/Aggressive Behavior: Findings from Years 1 and 2. (Poster Presentation). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences 2009 Research Conference, Washington, DC.
2008
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Garvan, C., Naranjo, A., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G., & Van Loan, C. L. (2008, July). Universal Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Disruptive/Aggressive Behavior: Findings from Year 1. (Poster Presentation). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.
2007
Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Garvin, C., Naranjo, A., Barber, B., Becker, M., Heidenescher, S., Peters, C., & Taylor, G. (2007, July). First Year Progress of a Universal Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Elementary Students to Reduce Disruptive/Aggressive Behavior. (Poster Presentation). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences Research Conference, Washington, DC.
Smith, S. W. (2007, April). Grant Writing. (Panelist). Division for Research Early Career Researchers Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-85th Annual Convention, Louisville, KY.
2006
Taylor, G. G., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2006, November). Treatment Fidelity In Randomized Field Trial Research on Classroom-Based Prevention of Aggressive/Disruptive Behaviors. Paper presented at the 30th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Smith, S. W. (2006, April). Founder, Organizer, & Chair – Division for Research Beginning Career Researchers Workshop. Council for Exceptional Children-84th Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
Smith, S. W. (2006, April). Grant Writing. (Panelist). Council for Exceptional Children-84th Annual Convention, Salt Lake City, UT.
Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2006, June). Universal Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Elementary Students to Reduce Disruptive/Aggressive Behavior: Preliminary Findings and Future Research. (Poster Presentation). U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences 2006 Research Conference, Washington, DC.
National Refereed Paper Presentations
2017
Poling, D. V., Smith, S. W., Taylor, G. G., & Worth, M. R. (2017, April). Direct Verbal Aggression in Schools: A Review of the Literature. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Smith, S. W., Poling, D. V., & Taylor, G. G. (2017, April). Teacher Reports of Verbal Aggression in School Settings Among Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
Cumming, M. M., & Smith, S. W. (2017, April). Study of Stress, Stress Regulation, Executive Function, and Behavioral Outcomes of Students with Behavioral Problems. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Antonio, TX.
2016
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Merrill, K. L., Cumming, M. M., Pitts, D. L., & Allen, C. (2016, April). Pilot study of I Control: A Self-Regulatory Intensive Intervention for Middle Schoolers with EBD. Poster presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Washington, DC.
2015
Merrill, K. L., Smith, S. W., Cumming, M. M., & Daunic, A. P. (2015, April). Social Problem-Solving Interventions: Past Findings, Current Status, and Future Directions. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
Corbett, N., Proventud, L. S., Daunic, A. P., & Smith, S. W. (2015, April). Developing Social-Emotional Vocabulary Through Storybook Reading. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Chicago, IL.
2012
Barnes, T. N., Leite, W. L., &, Smith, S. W. (2012, April). A Quasi-Experimental Analysis of School-Wide Violence Prevention Programs. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. L., Smith, S. W., Barnes, T. N., Chalfant, P., Santiago-Poventud, L., & Pitts, D. L. (2012, April). Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy: Findings From Two Years of Implementing SELF Lessons in Kindergarten. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, BC.
2009
Barber, B. R., Daunic, A. P., & Smith, S. W. (2009, April). Effects of a Universal Cognitive Behavioral Intervention on Executive Function Skills in Elementary Aged Students. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Garvan, C., Li, W., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G., & Van Loan, C. L. (2009, April). Classwide Social Problem-Solving Intervention to Address Disruption/Aggression: Examining Efficacy Using Treatment as Received. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.
2008
Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Naranjo, A., Garvan, C., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G., & Van Loan, C. L. (2008, April). Universal Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Reduce Aggression Among 4th and 5th Grade Students: First Year Results. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, New York: NY.
2006
Hardman, E. L., & Smith, S. W. (2006, April). Anger and the Development of Cooperation. Paper presented at the annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, CA.
International & National Presentations (Refereed)
2017
Merrill-O’Brien, K., Smith, S. W., Cumming, M. M., & Daunic, A. P. (2017, April). Preventing Adolescents’ Behavior Problems: Effects of the Take CHARGE Social Problem-Solving Intervention. Council for Exceptional Children-95rd Annual Convention. Boston, MA.
Cumming, M. M., Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., & Merrill-O’Brien, K. (2017, April). Reducing Disruptive Behavior by Targeting Middle Schoolers’ Executive Function, Stress, and Coping. Council for Exceptional Children-95rd Annual Convention. Boston, MA.
2016
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Merrill, K. L., Cumming, M. M., Pitts, D. L., & Allen, C. (2016, April). Improving Self-Regulation for Adolescents with EBD: Pilot Results of the I Control Curriculum. Council for Exceptional Children-94rd Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO.
Cumming, M. M., Smith, S. W., Merrill, K. L., Daunic, A. P., Pitts, D. L. & Allen, C. (2016, April). Developing I Control, a Self-Regulation Curriculum for Adolescents with EBD, Using Implementation Science. Council for Exceptional Children 94th Annual Convention, St. Louis, MO.
2015
Barnes, T. N., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. (2015, October). The Influence of Student Characteristics on Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Effectiveness. 38th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Cumming, M. M., Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Merrill, K. L., & Pitts, D. L., Scafidi, A., & Allen, C. (May, 2015). Secondary Prevention of Self-Regulatory Deficits of Middle School Students with EBD: Preliminary Results of I Control. Paper presented at the 23rd annual meeting of the Society for Prevention Research, Washington, DC.
Merrill, K. L., Smith, S. W., & Cumming, M. M. (2015, April). Teaching Social Problem Solving Skills to Student with Behavior Problems. Council for Exceptional Children-93rd Annual Convention, San Diego, CA.
2014
Smith, S. W., Merrill, K. L., Cumming, M. M., Pitts, D. L., & Daunic, A. P. (2014, October). Implementing a Self-Regulation Intervention in Self-Contained Settings: An Analysis Through the Lens of Implementation Science. 38th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Cumming, M. M., Smith, S. W., & Merrill, K. L. (2014, October). The Effects of Toxic Stress on the Executive Function of Students: Implications for Emotional and Behavioral Problems. 38th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Merrill, K. L., Smith, S. W., & Cumming, M. M. (2014, October). Social Problem-Solving Interventions: A Review of the Literature. 38th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Barnes, T. N., Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P. (2014, May). The Influence of Student Characteristics on Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention Effectiveness. Society for Prevention Research 22nd Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Barber, B. R., Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., & Aydin, B. (2014, May). Contributions of Hot and Cool Executive Functions for Predicting and Ameliorating Reactive and Proactive Aggression in Elementary Aged Students. Society for Prevention Research 22nd Annual Meeting. Washington, DC.
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. L., Smith, S. W., Santiago-Poventud, L., & Gleaton, J. (2014, May). (Poster Presentation). Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy: Development and Preliminary Evaluation of the SELF Curriculum for K and 1st Grade Students. Learning & the Brain Conference, New York, NY.
Pitts, D. L., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2014, April) (Poster Presentation). Effect of Direct Training of Executive Function Skills in Middle School Students with Emotional-Behavioral Disorders. Presented at the Annual Meeting of the American Educational Research Association, Philadelphia, PA.
Pitts, D. L., Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Cumming, M. M., Merrill, K. L., & Barber, B. R. (2014, April). Executive Function Related Interventions to Improve Self-Regulation for Students with Behavior Problems. Council for Exceptional Children-92st Annual Convention, Philadelphia, PA.
2013
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Pitts, D. L., Barber, B. R., Cumming, M. M., & Merrill, K. L. (2013, October). Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions to Reduce Problem Behaviors: Three Interventions Across Tiers of Prevention and Intervention. 37th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. L., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, R. E. (2013, September). A Social-Emotional Learning Intervention to Improve Self-Regulation for Primary Grade Students: Description and Preliminary Findings. İstanbul 2013 World Congress of Psychological Counseling & Guidance, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Türkiye.
Barber, B. R., Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Tropf L., Pitts, D. L., Merrill, K. L., & Cumming, M. M. (2013, May) (Poster Presentation). Enhancing Self-Regulation with Executive Function Skill Training: Development of the I Control Curriculum. 35th Learning & the Brain Conference, Arlington, VA.
Corbett, N. L., Chalfant, P., Santiago-Poventud, L., Daunic, A. P., & Smith, S. W. (2013, April). Integrating Social-Emotional Learning and Literacy Instruction to Promote Social and Academic Success. Council for Exceptional Children-91st Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. L., Smith, S. W., Barnes, T. N., Chalfant, P., & Santiago-Poventud, L. (2013, April). (Poster Presentation). The Social Emotional Learning Foundations (SELF) Curriculum: Results from the Kindergarten Pilot. Council for Exceptional Children-91st Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Pitts, D. L., Cumming, M. M., Merrill, K. L., Barber, B. R., & Tropf, L. (2013, April). Strengthening Executive Function Skills of Students with EBD Through Self-Regulation Training: The I Control Curriculum. Council for Exceptional Children-91st Annual Convention, San Antonio, TX.
2012
Smith S. W., Daunic, A. P., Barber, B. R., Pitts, D. L., Taylor, G. G., Cumming, M. M., Merrill, K. L., & Tropf, L. (2012, October). Development of I Control: Improving Self-Regulation of Students with EBD through Executive Function Skill Training. 36th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
2011
Pitts, D. L., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2011, October). Executive Function Deficits and Emotional and Behavioral Disorders: Implications for the Classroom. 35th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. L., Smith, S. W., Pitts, D. L., &, Barnes, T. N. (2011, September). Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Strengthen Emotional and Behavioral Self-Regulation and Prevent Aggression, Biennial International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, New Orleans, LA.
Corbett, N. L., Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Chalfant, P., Santiago-Poventud, L., Barnes, T. N., & Pitts, D. L. (2011, September). Social-Emotional Learning Foundations (SELF): Curriculum Description and Preliminary Findings (Poster Presentation), Biennial International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, New Orleans, LA.
Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2011, July). Research on Teaching Students Social Problem Solving to Manage Disruptive Classroom Behavior. (Poster Presentation). 3rd Paris International Conference on Education, Economy, and Society, Paris, France.
Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2011, April). Teaching Replacement Behaviors through Social Problem Solving: Instruction, Formative Assessment, and Generalization. Council for Exceptional Children-89th Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD.
Barnes, T. N., & Smith, S. W. (2011, April). School-Based Cognitive-Behavioral Interventions in the Treatment of Aggression: A Meta-Analysis. (Poster Presentation). Council for Exceptional Children-89th Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD.
Corbett, N. L., Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Chalfant, P., Santiago, L., Pitts, D. L, & Bruce, T. N. (2011, April). Integrating Social-Emotional Learning in Early Childhood Settings. (Poster Presentation). Council for Exceptional Children-89th Annual Convention, National Harbor, MD.
2010
Daunic, A. P., Corbett, N. A., Smith, S. W., Miller, S. A., Chalfant, P., & Santiago-Poventud, L. (2010, July). Social-Emotional Learning Through Literacy (SELL): First Year Findings from the Kindergarten Pilot Study. (Poster Presentation). 2nd Paris International Conference on Education, Economy, and Society, Paris, France.
2009
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Garvan, C., Li, W., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G., & Van Loan, C. L. (2009, April). Classroom-Based Social Learning Curriculum to Prevent Aggression: Teacher/Student Characteristics that Moderate Outcomes. Council for Exceptional Children-87th Annual Convention, Seattle, WA.
Van Loan, C. L., Peters, C., Daunic, A. P., & Smith, S. W. (2009, February). Development of the Multi-Informant Teacher Assessment System. (Poster Presentation). National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2009, February). Using Behavioral Checklists to Improve Reliability of Classroom Atmosphere Assessment. National Association of School Psychologists Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
2008
Barber, B. R., Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Garvan, C. W., & Li, W. (2008, November). The Role of Executive Function in Childrens’ Behavior: Conceptual and Empirical Considerations. 32nd Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Barber, B. R., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2008, November). Executive Function Skill Interventions for Improving Behavior of Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders. 32nd Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Narjanjo, A., Garvan, C., Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Peters, C., Taylor, G. G., & Van Loan, C. L. (2008, April). Reducing Classroom Disruptive/Aggressive Behavior: Year One Findings From a Universal/Selective Intervention. Council for Exceptional Children-86th Annual Convention, Boston, MA.
2007
Daunic, A. P., Becker, M., Barber, B. R., Peters, C., Smith, S. W., & Naranjo, A. (2007, October). Assessing Teacher Behaviors that Relate to Socio-Emotional Learning: The Multi- Informant Teacher Assessment System. 7th Biennial International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Dallas, TX.
Barber, B. R., Becker, M., Daunic, A. P., & Smith, S. W. (2007, October). Issues in the Generalization of Social Problem-Solving Skills: Using On-The-Spot Assessments to Improve Behavior. 7th Biennial International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders, Dallas, TX.
Barber, B. R., Van Loan, C. L., Becker, M., Taylor, G. G., & Smith, S. W. (2007, November). Beyond Classrooms: Promoting and Assessing Social Skill Generalization for Students with EBD. 31th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
2006
Taylor, G. G., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2006, November). Treatment Fidelity in Randomized Field Trial Research on Classroom-Based Prevention of Aggressive/Disruptive Behaviors. Paper presented at the 30th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
2005
Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. (2005, November). Cognitive-behavioral intervention outcomes: An examination of variance across classrooms & teachers. 29th Annual National Conference on Severe Behavior Disorders of Children and Youth, Tempe, AZ.
Daunic, A. P., Smith, S. W., Penfield, R., & Brank, E. (2005, August). Behavior Management in the Elementary Inclusive Classroom: Effects of a Social Problem-Solving Intervention. Paper presented at the ISEC 2005 – Inclusive and Supportive Education Congress, International Special Education Conference, Glasgow, Scotland.