Malcolm Smith
Extension Associate Professor/Specialist, Family Education & Policy

As Family Life and Family Policy Specialist, Malcolm provides support, service and leadership to all Cooperative Extension Programs serving New Hampshire families. He designs and implements parenting support and training curriculum and programs to improve the quality of family life in New Hampshire. Malcolm is also a member of the Department of Family Studies faculty, teaching courses in Family Policy and serves on the Department's Graduate Committee and Advocacy Committee. He is also currently serving on the New Hampshire Legislative Task Force on Work and Family. Malcolm also writes a monthly column on work and family issues for the New Hampshire Business Review.

Dr. Smith has recently assisted in the founding of the Family Education Collaborative, a unique effort based in Manchester, which unites Cooperative Extension with the YWCA of Manchester, UNH Manchester, UNH Department of Family Studies and Family Support New Hampshire to make a meaningful contribution to family research and parent education. 

In spite of giving his parents a really hard time, Malcolm has been caring for and about families for over 30 years.  He is a former staff member of the renowned Menninger Foundation where he worked closely with his mentor, pioneering psychiatrist Karl Menninger, M.D., in developing education programs for adults serving abused, neglected, behaviorally challenged and adjudicated children.  Malcolm also developed the Peaceful Intervention Program and Realistic Parenting, two training programs that have received national distribution.  He has also responded to over 200 cases of youth violence in schools and communities throughout the U.S. and Canada.  He is a senior consultant to many organizations including the U.S. Army Family Advocacy program and the Center for School Safety.

Recent research led by Dr. Smith has included the NH Child Support Guidelines Economic Reivew study and  the NH Work and Family Life Survey.  Dr. Smith's landmark research on the use of physical restraint of children in juvenile facilities is in publication with the Journal of Child Welfare.  In addition, Dr. Smith serves as an associate editor or the Journal of Family Issues. 

In his spare time, Malcolm loves playing old time music on clawhammer banjo and the mandolin and is a fixture at local music gatherings.

• New Hampshire Work and Family Life Survey

  New Hampshire Child Support Guidelines Review

  Army Family Advocacy Education for Human Service Professionals

  Needs Assessment of Parenting and Family Communities in Manchester, NH

  Development of the UNH Cooperative Extenstion Family Education Collaborative

  The Cycle of Restraint: Perceptions of the use of physical restraint on incarcerated juveniles.

• Ph.D, Family Life Education and Consultation, Kansas State University

  M.ED, Experiential Education, Minnesota State University

  B.A., Communication Arts and Education, Washburn University

• Former Founder and CEO, The Peaceful Intervention Program (A national training and consulting company serving over 300 school districts and human service organizations)

  Former Director, The Karl Menninger National Youthcare Training Center

  Former Teacher, Southard School, The Menninger Clinic

  Co-Founder, High Plains Public Radio

• National Council On Family Relations Certified Family Life Educator

  Malcolm also a commissioned Kentucky Colonel

• Parent Education

  Adolescent Development,

  Family Policy and Advocacy

  Anger and Violence in Children and Families

• (2009) The Restraint Spiral: Emergent Themes in the Perceptions of the Physical Restraint of Juveniles: In publication, The Journal of Child Welfare

  The Realistic Parenting Program (1997) National Distribution

  The Peaceful Intervention Program; Caring Safely for Angry Children and Youth (1999), Lawrence, KS. MSC Publications

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