Research Laboratory: Patrick M. Ghezzi, Ph.D., BCBA
Dr. Ghezzi's past and present research
and scholarship is diverse, ranging from laboratory, quasi-laboratory and naturalistic studies in operant and respondent conditioning with humans and
nonhumans to improving services and learning outcomes for young children with developmental disabilities. Although the latter area constitutes the bulk of
his current interests, they are not restricted to it.
Lab Members
Research interests: Behavioral education; Instructional design; Precision Teaching; Direct Instruction; Autism; Stimulus control; Organizational Behavior Management
Research interests: Behavior Acquisition in Children with Developmental Disabilities; Treatment of Childhood Autism; Social Skills Training; Behavioral Treatment of Addictions
Research interests: Autism; Early Intervention; Gambling
Research interests: Applying behavior analysis in the educational treatment of autism; Functional analysis and treatment of pediatric behavior disorders; Parent, teacher and staff training; Self monitoring procedures; Behavioral interventions with adolescents in state homes
Pre-doc title: A Comparisons of Data Collection Methods (Advisors: Michele Wallace, Ph.D. & Patrick Ghezzi, Ph.D.)
Research interests: Functional Analysis; Functional Behavior Assessments; Problem Behavior; Measurements in BA; Precision Teaching; BA in Education
Research interests: Early Childhood Autism Intervention; Staff/Parent Training
Research interests: Gambling Behavior; Probabilistic and Delayed Discounting; Differences in Hypothetical versus Real Rewards in Research; Generalization of Acquired Responses in Children with Autism; Imitative Repertoire Development; Dissemination of Behavior Analysis; Science and Pseudoscience as it Pertains to Behavior Analysis
Contact
For further information please contact Dr. Ghezzi at:
Patrick M. Ghezzi
Department of Psychology / 296
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
USA
Department of Psychology / 296
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
USA
Phone #: (775) 682-8687
Fax #: (775) 784-1126
Email: patrickg@unr.edu
Fax #: (775) 784-1126
Email: patrickg@unr.edu