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.

Thouraya Al-Nassar

Kaycee Bennett

Scholarly Interests

  • Autism
  • Parent and teacher training
  • Precision teaching
  • Behavioral education

Scholarly Interests

  • Childhood behavior disorders
  • Ealy intervention
  • Gambling
  • Precision teaching
  • Social skills training
Jennifer Bonow Cynthia Cardenas-Cobb

Scholarly Interests

  • Early intervention
  • Severe behavior problems
  • Parent and teacher training
  • Self-control
  • Self-management

Scholarly Interests

  • Behavioral education
  • Precision teaching
  • Assessment
  • Direct instruction
  • Problem solving
  • Autism
  • Parent training
Christy Coffman Molly Haligan

Scholarly Interests

  • Early intervention
  • Staff, parent, and teacher training
  • Verbal behavior
  • Self-control
  • Gambling
  • Incidental teaching
  • Applications of behavior analysis in classrooms

Scholarly Interests

  • Autism
  • Precision teaching
  • Developmental disabilities
Kerri Kaelin Kimberly Kamen

Scholarly Interests

  • Behavioral education
  • Precision teaching
  • Direct instruction
  • Curriculum based measurement
  • Health (diet & exercise from a behavioral perspective)
  • Relational frame theory

Scholarly Interests

  • Applying behavior analysis in the educational treatment of autism
  • Functional analysis and treatment of pediatric disorders
  • Reinforcer identification and analysis
  • Parent teacher, staff training
  • Self-monitoring procedures
  • Behavioral interventions with adolescents in state homes
Kendra Rickard Valerie Rogers

Scholarly Interests

  • Precision teaching
  • Problem solving
  • Emergent relations
  • Variability
  • Measurement
  • Relational learning
  • Concept formation

Scholarly Interests

  • Autism
  • Extinction
  • Operant variability
  • Self-management
  • Aberrant behaviors
  • Parent training
  • Teacher training
  • Staff training
Maria Stevenson    

Scholarly Interests

  • Precision teaching
  • Behavior analysis and problem behavior
  • Fucntional behavior assessments/functional analysis
  • Behavior analysis in autism developmental disabilities and delays with children
  • Behavior analysis and education
  • Behavior analysis and health
   
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Ghezzi, P. M.  (in press.)  Discrete trials teaching. Psychology in Schools.

Tarbox, R. S. F., Tarbox, J., Ghezzi, P. M., Wallace, M. D., & Yoo, H. J.  (in press).  The effects of blocking mouthing of leisure items on their effectivness as reinforcers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Ghezzi, P. M., & Bishop, M. R.  (in press).  Generalized behavior change in young children with autism.  In J. K. Luiselli, D. C. Russo, & W. P. Christain (Eds.), Effective practices for children with autism: Educational and behavior support interventions that work. New York: Oxford University Press.

Tarbox, R. S. F., Tarbox, J., Ghezzi, P. M., Wallace, M.. D., & Yoo, H. J.  (in press).  The effects of mouthing leisure items on their effectiveness as reinforcers. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis.

Tarbox, R. S. F., Ghezzi, P. M., & Wilson, G.  (2006).  The effects of token reinforcement on attending in a young child with autism.  Behavioral Interventions, 21, 155-164.

Pattee, C., Von Berg, S., & Ghezzi, P. M. (2006).  Effects of alternative communication on the communicative effectiveness of an individual with a progressive language disorder. International Journal of Rehabilitation Research, 29, 151-153.

Ghezzi, P. M., Wilson, G. R., & Porter, J. (2006).  The near-miss effect in simulated slot machine play.  In P. M. Ghezzi, C. A. Lyons, M. A. Dixon, & G. R. Wilson (Eds.), Gambling: Behavior theory, research, and application (pp. 155-170).  Reno, NV: Context Press.

Porter, J., & Ghezzi, P. M.  (2006).  Theories of gambling.  In P. M. Ghezzi, C. A. Lyons, M. A. Dixon, & G. R. Wilson (Eds.),  Gambling:  Behavior theory, research, and application (pp. 19-43).  Reno, NV: Context Press.

Ghezzi, P. M., Lyons, C. A., Dixon, M. A., & Wilson, G. R.  (2006).  Gambling: Behavior theory, research, and application.  Reno, NV: Context Press.

Williams, W.L., Ghezzi, P.M., & Burkholder, E. (2003).  Developmental disabilities and mental retardation.  In W. O'Donohue, D.R. Laws, & C.R. Hollin (Eds.), Handbook of forensic psychology (pp. 489-509).  Burlington, MA: Academic Press.

Najdowski, A.C., Wallace, M.D., Doney, J.K., & Ghezzi, P.M.  (2003).  Parental assessment and treatment of food selectivity in natural settings.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 36, 383-386.

Ghezzi, P.M., Wilson, G. R., Tarbox, R.S F., & MacAleese, K.R.  (2003). Token economy. In W. O’Donohue, J. E. Fisher, & S. C. Hayes (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice (pp. 436-441). Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Fox, E.J., & Ghezzi, P.M.  (2003). Effects of computer-assisted fluency training on concept formation.  Journal of Behavioral Education, 12, 1-21.

For further information please contact us at:

Patrick M. Ghezzi
Department of Psychology / 296
University of Nevada, Reno
Reno, NV 89557
USA

Phone #: (775) 682-8687
Fax #: (775) 784-1126
Email: ghezzi@unr.nevada.edu

 

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