Stephen Smith Professor Special Education College of Education University of Florida 287 Norman Hall PO Box 117040 Gainesville FL 32611 352-273-4263 Fax: 352-392-2655 |  |
Research Biography
Stephen W. Smith is a Professor in the Special Education Department at the University of Florida (UF). Prior to receiving his Ph.D. in Special Education from the University of Kansas, he was a teacher of special education students for eight years. Dr. Smith teaches courses in emotional and behavioral disorders at UF and has conducted multiple federally-funded investigations of effective behavior management techniques including the study of social conflict and the effects of school-wide peer mediation programs. He is currently serving as the Principal Investigator of a four-year research grant to study the effects of a cognitive-behavioral intervention to reduce student aggression and chronic classroom disruption. He has presented his findings and recommendations at numerous state, regional, national, and international professional conferences. While at UF, Dr. Smith has received three teaching awards and a University Research Award. He recently served a 3-year term as a UF Distinguished Research Professor. He is a Research Fellow for the Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice at the American Institutes for Research in Washington DC and a trained mediator for the UF Center for Dispute Resolution.
Degrees
Ph.D. - University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas, 1989
M.S. - Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, 1978
B.S. - Southwest Missouri State University, Springfield, Missouri, 1975
Key Professional Appointments
Professor, University of Florida, present
Principal Investigator, Aggression Intervention Research Projects 1-3, 1999-present; Social Conflict Research Project, 1994-1999
Research Fellow, Center for Effective Collaboration and Practice: he American Institutes for Research. Washington, DC, present
Associate Professor, University of Florida, 1995-2000
Assistant Professor - University of Florida, 1990-1995
Activities & Honors
College of Education Nominee, Dissertation Advising/Mentoring Award, One of three in the College of Education, 2002
University of Florida Research Foundation Professorship, Three-year professorship for distinguished record of research/scholarship, 2000
Performance Incentive Award, One of five in College of Education, 1998
Teacher of the Year, University of Florida, College of Education, 1992, 1997
UF Teaching Improvement Program Award, One of four in College of Education, 1993
National Award for Outstanding Scholarship on Teacher Education, Association of Colleges and Schools of Education in State, Universities and Land Grant Colleges, 1993
Research Achievement Award (Top 100 UF Researchers), University of Florida, Division of Sponsored Research, 1992-1993
Selected Grants
Principal Investigator. Universal Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention for Elementary Students to Reduce Disruptive/Aggressive Behavior (with Dr. Ann P. Daunic). U. S. Office of Education, Institute of Education Sciences, National Center for Special Education Research (Serious Behavior Disorders competition) June, 2005 to May, 2009. $1,624,795.
Principal Investigator. Use of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention For Preventing/Remediating Anger, Aggression, and Chronic Classroom Disruption: Research on Treatment Exposure, Treatment Setting, and Social Validity (with Dr. Ann P. Daunic). U.S. Office of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Field-Initiated Research)
August, 2002 to July, 2005, $540,000.
Principal Investigator. Study of the Moral Reasoning of 3rd, 4th, & 5th Grade Students with Emotional or Behavioral Disorders (with Elizabeth Hardman, Doctoral Student). U. S. Office of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Student-Initiated Research), August, 2000 to July, 2001, $20,000.
Principal Investigator. Study of the Acquisition, Maintenance, and Generalization of a Cognitive-Behavioral Intervention to Prevent or Remediate Disruptive and Aggressive Behaviors in Inclusive School Settings (with Drs. M. David Miller & Ann P. Daunic). U. S. Office of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Field-Initiated Research) August, 1999 to July, 2002, $540,000.
Principal Investigator. Preventing Serious Emotional Disturbance: Research on School-Wide Conflict Resolution with Peer Mediation (with Drs. David Miller & James Pitts), U.S. Office of Education, Office of Special Education Programs (Program for Children and Youth with Serious Emotional Disturbance), August, 1995 to July, 1999, $700,000.
Selected Publications
Daunic, A.P., Smith. S.W., Brank, E. M., & Penfield, R.D. (2006). Classroom based cognitive-behavioral intervention to prevent aggression: Efficacy and social validity. Journal of School Psychology, 44, 123-139.
Smith, S. W., Lochman, J. E., & Daunic, A. P. (2005). Managing aggression using cognitive-behavioral interventions: State of the practice and future directions. Behavioral Disorders, 30, 227-240.
Smith. S.W., & Daunic, A.P. (2004). Research on preventing behavior problems using a cognitive-behavioral intervention: Preliminary findings, challenges and future directions. Behavioral Disorders, 30, 72-76.
Hardman, E., & Smith, S. W. (2003). Analysis of discipline-related content in elementary education journals. Behavioral Disorders, 28, 173-186.
Smith, S. W., Daunic, A. P., Miller, M. D., & Robinson, T. R. (2002). Conflict resolution and peer mediation in middle schools: Extending the process and outcome knowledge base. Journal of Social Psychology. 142, 567-586.
Robinson, T. R., Smith, S. W., & Miller, M. D. (2002). Effect of a cognitive-behavioral intervention on responses to anger by middle school students with chronic behavior problems. Behavioral Disorders, 27, 256-271.
Smith, S. W., & Travis, P. (2001). Conducting social competence research: Considering conceptual frameworks. Behavioral Disorders, 26, 360-369.
Robinson, T. R., Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2000). Middle school students' views on the social validity of peer mediation. Middle School Journal, 31(5), 23-29.
Books
Smith, S. W., & Daunic, A. P. (2006). Managing difficult behavior through problem solving instruction: Strategies for the elementary classroom. Boston, MA: Allyn & Bacon.
Book/Manual Chapters
Smith, S. W. (in press). Social problem solving for young children. In R. Chaplain (Ed.). Effective behavior management. Cambridge, UK: Pearson.
Smith, S. W., & Robinson, T. R. (2007). Emotional or behavioral disorders. In Meyen, E & Bui, Y. (Eds.) Exceptional children in today’s schools: What teachers need to know. Denver, CO: Love.
Polsgrove, L., & Smith, S.W. (2004). Informed practice in teaching self-control to children with emotional and behavioral disorders. In Rutherford, R. B., Quinn, M. M., & Mathur, S.R. (Eds.) Handbook of research in emotional and behavioral disorders. New York: Guilford.
Smith, S. W. (2003). Conflict resolution. In Watson, T. S., & Skinner, C. H. (Eds.) Encyclopedia of school psychology. New York: Kluwer Academic/Plenum.
Smith, S.W., & Daunic, A. P. (2002). Using conflict resolution and peer mediation to support positive behavior. In Algozzine, R. & Kay, P. (Eds.). Preventing problem behaviors: Handbook of successful prevention strategies (pp. 142-161). Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
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