UBC Education Experts Ready to Comment on K-12 Back-to-School Issues

UBC Faculty of Education experts are available for comment on topical kindergarten to Grade 12 education issues.

School violence prevention, support for students with challenging behavior, fostering social responsibility in schools
Kent McIntosh
Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: kent.mcintosh@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.6382

Social networking, learning, and digital media and virtual education (face to face, hybrid, online distance education)
Don Krug
Dept. of Curriculum Studies
Email: don.krug@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.5318

Gifted children
Marion Porath
Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: marion.porath@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.6045

French immersion
Monique Bournot-Trites
Dept. of Language and Literacy Education
Email: monique.bournot-trites@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.4873

Support for autistic children in school
Pat Mirenda
Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: pat.mirenda@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.6296

Mental health, anxiety among school age children
Lynn Miller, Educational and Counselling Psychology and Special Education
Email: lynn.miller@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.8321

Making the transition to school or high school
Kimberley Schonert-Reichl (available after August 26)
Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: kim.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.2215

Social development, bullying
Kimberley Schonert-Reichl (available after August 26)
Dept. of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education
Email: kim.schonert-reichl@ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.2215

ESL and reading achievement
Lee Gunderson, Language and Literacy
Email: gunderso@interchange.ubc.ca
Tel: 604.822.8456

Educational demographics, governance and policy
Charles Ungerleider
Dept. of Educational Studies
Email: charles.ungerleider@ubc.ca
Cell: 778.228.0617

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