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Veronica Smith

University of Alberta
Verified email at ualberta.ca
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Promoting children's prosocial behaviors in school: Impact of the “Roots of Empathy” program on the social and emotional competence of school-aged children

KA Schonert-Reichl, V Smith, A Zaidman-Zait… - School Mental …, 2012 - Springer
This study examines the effects of the Roots of Empathy (ROE) program on children’s social-emotional
competence. ROE is a theoretically derived universal preventive program that …

[HTML][HTML] Behavioural and developmental interventions for autism spectrum disorder: a clinical systematic review

…, L Hartling, L Tjosvold, B Vandermeer, V Smith - PloS one, 2008 - journals.plos.org
Background Much controversy exists regarding the clinical efficacy of behavioural and
developmental interventions for improving the core symptoms of autism spectrum disorders (ASD)…

Predictors of expressive vocabulary growth in children with autism

V Smith, P Mirenda, A Zaidman-Zait - 2007 - ASHA
Purpose The purpose of this exploratory study was to examine the variability and predictors
of expressive vocabulary development in children with autism and very delayed language. …

Extracorporeal photochemotherapy for the treatment of steroid-resistant chronic GVHD

…, R Saliba, EJ Shpall, P Anderlini, B Rhodes, V Smith… - Blood, 2006 - ashpublications.org
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) is a major limitation of successful allogeneic
hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HSCT). Extracorporeal photochemotherapy (ECP) has …

Sexuality in a community based sample of adults with autism spectrum disorder

L Gilmour, PM Schalomon, V Smith - Research in Autism Spectrum …, 2012 - Elsevier
Few studies have examined the sexual attitudes and behaviours of individuals with high
functioning autism spectrum disorders (ASDs) living in community settings. A total of 82 (55 …

Social Stories™ to improve social skills in children with autism spectrum disorder: A systematic review

…, B Clark, MB Ospina, JC Seida, V Smith… - …, 2010 - journals.sagepub.com
Over the past 20 years a variety of treatments have been developed to remediate deficits
associated with autism. Since the early 1990s, Social Stories™ have been suggested to …

Systematic reviews of psychosocial interventions for autism: an umbrella review

…, M Karkhaneh, L Hartling, V Smith… - … Medicine & Child …, 2009 - Wiley Online Library
Aim A wide range of psychosocial interventions for the treatment of individuals with autism‐spectrum
disorders (ASDs) have been evaluated in systematic reviews. We conducted an …

A systematic review of training programs for parents of children with autism spectrum disorders: Single subject contributions

SY Patterson, V Smith, P Mirenda - Autism, 2012 - journals.sagepub.com
Aim: The purpose of this systematic review was to examine research utilizing single subject
research designs (SSRD) to explore the effectiveness of interventions designed to increase …

Equine-assisted occupational therapy: Increasing engagement for children with autism spectrum disorder

C Llambias, J Magill-Evans, V Smith… - The American journal of …, 2016 - research.aota.org
Engagement in meaningful activities is essential to development and is often reduced in
children with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) who have limited engagement in activities or …

Disease management in Latinos with schizophrenia: A family-assisted, skills training approach

A Kopelowicz, R Zarate, VG Smith, J Mintz… - Schizophrenia …, 2003 - academic.oup.com
This study evaluated the effectiveness of a skills training program designed to teach disease
management to Latinos with schizophrenia treated at a community mental health center. …