Professor - Powell River
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Working in post secondary instruction since 2012, Victoria holds regular faculty appointments at both Kwantlen Polytechnic and Vancouver Island University as both an instructor / professor and has been both the dept chair and coordinator . She holds a Batchelor's Degree in Child and Youth Care ( UVIC), A post Graduate Diploma in Significant Disabilities and Challenging Conditions ( St. Andrews) and a Masters Degree focusing on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities (University of Kent) , her research thesis assessed participant outcomes from behaviour support training.
Previously working as a behaviour consultant for 16 years with programs, agencies and schools throughout the province of British Columbia Canada she supported teams and families with children, youth and adults with behaviour supports and increasing their quality of life. She believes that all individuals have the right to a high quality of life and is willing to look outside the box to make it happen. She especially enjoys supporting learning and skill development in the use and development of visual supports. She has presented internationally on PBS , Developmental disabilities and community inclusion.
Presentations:
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Assessing visual supports creation and use in classroom settings by Para-professionals/Education assistants (Clearwater FL, DADD , 2025)
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Assessing outcomes for participants from face to Positive Behaviour support training. (Hawaii International Conference on Education January 2020; D.A.D.D Florida January 2020, APBS Miami March 2020)
- Small towns Big challenges, Successful P.B.S implementation in rural communities (Washington D.C.; APBS 2019)
- A pillar of P.B.S. Todd Risley’s “get a life” 20 years strong (San Diego APBS 2018)
- Police, PBS and community-based interventions: strategies that work with high-risk offenders (Denver ABPS Presentation 2017)
- Meeting of the Minds- PBS and RCMP collaborations (APBS presentation March 2016 San Francisco)
- Technology in PBS: Delivering Staff Training and Supports in Community Programs (APBSChicago March 2014)
- From Crisis to Capacity TASH conference Washington DC Dec 2014
- Varied Approaches in PBS Implementation: Going Beyond Traditional Methodology (APBS San Diego March 2013)
- Natural Supports, Collaborative Teams and PBS: Lessons from the Field (APBS Atlanta March 2012)
Scholarly Work
Visual Supports- Creating for classroom and Community - 2025
Master’s Thesis • Assessing Participant outcomes from face-to-face capacity training in Positive behaviour Support 2021