Susan Jarmuz-Smith receives National Association of School Psychology’s Presidential Award

Susan Jarmuz-Smith, visiting assistant lecturer in the Department of Psychology, received the National Association of School Psychology's Presidential Award on February 15, 2013, at the organization's annual convention in Seattle, Washington.

Jarmuz-Smith received the award for her service to the organization and discipline of school psychology.  Her involvement included: membership on the Operations Team of the international School Psychology Futures conference, web-site creation and management for the School Psychology Futures conference, service as contributing editor for the Mobile Apps Review column for the organization's Communique publication, editing and authorship of several chapters in the profession's Best Practices in School Psychology IV, serving as workgroup chair for the Student Development Workgroup, acting as reviewer for conference submissions, and service on several other of the organization's workgroups.

Also at the conference, Jarmuz-Smith gave a presentation on her research titled, "Establishing Collaborative Activity Scheduling Across School and Home with Mobile Applications.”  This area of research focuses on the use of mobile applications to improve communication between school and home.  The aim is to increase communication and collaboration between teachers and families and increase independence for children with special needs.

For questions about her award or ongoing research, contact Jarmuz-Smith.
 

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