Symposium speaker series – Dr. Pat Mirenda 

About the event 

On November 28, 2023, Pat Mirenda, professor emerita at the University of British Columbia (UBC), gave a presentation titled “Key Components of Effective Service Delivery for Children and Youth with Support Needs and Their Families” at the second session in the Province’s Children and Youth with Support Needs Symposium Speaker Series.   

 The presentation had the stated objective of making caregivers and professionals better informed so they can give feedback to agencies developing new service delivery approaches to better meet the needs of children and youth with support needs and their families, like the Ministry of Children and Family Development. 

The symposium speaker series is part of the Province’s broad engagement process to inform a new, effective system of children and youth with support needs (CYSN) services.   

Biography

About Dr. Pat Mirenda: 

Pat Mirenda, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita in the Department of Educational & Counseling Psychology and Special Education at the UBC, where she was also the director of the Centre for Interdisciplinary Research and Collaboration in Autism. She taught graduate and undergraduate courses at UBC from 1994-2020 on topics that include augmentative communication, autism spectrum disorder, inclusive education, applied behaviour analysis, and positive behavior support. She has published over 200 research articles, books, and chapters and presents frequently at international, national, and regional conferences. Since retiring from UBC at the end of 2020, she has worked closely with the Office of the Representative for Children and Youth and has been actively involved with the BC Disability Collaborative.  

How to get involved 

If you are interested in providing comment on this presentation or getting involved in the broader dialogue on CYSN services, please share your perspectives and ideas through an online feedback form to help inform the path forward.