Working with the EACS program since 2021, Victoria holds regular faculty appointments at both Kwantlen and Vancouver Island University as both an instructor and past dept chair/ co-ordinator . She holds a Batchelor's Degree in Child and Youth Care, A post Graduate Diploma in Significant Disabilities and Challenging Conditions and a master’s degree focusing on Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities, her research thesis assessed participant outcomes from behaviour support training. Her prior work as a behaviour consultant for 16 years with programs and agencies throughout the province of BC, involved supporting both teams and families with children, youth and adults with behaviour support 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. Currently involved in several research projects around the field of inclusion and PBS within the EA field. She enjoys inspiring others with her love of PBS and forming connections with EDAS students, watching them grow and learn through the program.
Master’s Thesis • Assessing Participant outcomes from face-to-face capacity training in Positive behaviour Support
What makes an outstanding education assistant
Publication :Role of the Education assistant
Presentations:
- 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)