Barretto

Publications

Publications - refereed

 

Journal articles

 

Merritt, J., McLaughlin, T. F., Weber, K. M., Derby, K. M., & Barretto, A. (2012).  The effects of a copy, cover, compare practice procedure in spelling with four second-grade students: Generalization to weekly in classroom tests.  International Journal of Advances in Psychology, 1(1), 1-5.  Retrieved from: http://www.ij-psychol.org.

 

Derby, K. M., McLaughlin, T. F., & Barretto, A. (2012).  Hippotherapy. In F. R. Volkmar (Ed.). Encyclopedia of autism spectrum disorders. New York: Springer.

 

McBride, M., Pelto, M., T.F. McLaughlin, T. F., Barretto, A., Robison, M., & Mortenson, S. (2009).   The effects of using Handwriting without Tears® procedures and worksheets to teach two preschool students with severe disabilities to write their first names. The Open Education Journal, 2, 21-24.  Retrieved from: http://www.benthamscience.com/open/toedj/

 

Meador, S., Derby, K. M., McLaughlin, T. F., Barretto A., & Weber, K. P. (2007). Using response latency within a preference assessment.  The Behavior Anlayst Today, 8(1), 63-69.

 

Killu, K., Weber, K., Derby, K. M., & Barretto, A. (2006).  Behavior intervention planning and implementation of positive behavioral support plans: An examination of states’ adherence to standards for practice.  Journal of Positive Behavioral Interventions, 8, 195-200.

 

O’Reilly, M., Sigafoos, J., Edrisinha, C., Lancioni, G., Cannella, H., Young Choi, H., & Barretto, A. (2006). A preliminary examination of the evocative effects of the establishing operation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39, 239-242.

 

Barretto, A. Wacker, D. P., Harding J., Lee, J., & Berg, W. K. (2006). The use of telemedicine to conduct brief functional analysis and behavioral consultation. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 39, 333-340.

 

 

Harding, J. W., Wacker, D. P., Berg, W. K., Barretto, A., & Lee, J. F. (2006).  An evaluation of choice responding during assessment and treatment of problem behavior.  European Journal of Behavior Analysis.  6, 145-164

 

Harding, J., Wacker, D. P., Berg, W. K., Ringdahl, J. E., & Barretto, A. (2005). Evaluation of  relations between specific antecedent stimuli.  American Journal of Mental Retardation, 110, 205-215

 

Wacker, D. P., Berg, W. K., Harding, J. W., Barretto, A., Rankin, B., & Ganzer, J. (2005).  Treatment effectiveness, stimulus generalization, and acceptability to parents of functional communication training.  Educational Psychology, 25, 233-256.

 

Reed, G. K., Ringdahl, J. E., Wacker, D. P., Barretto, A., & Andelman, M. A., (2005). The effects of fixed-time and contingent schedules of negative reinforcement on compliance and aberrant behavior.  Research in Developmental Disabilities, 26, 281-295.

 

Ringdahl, J. E., Andelman, M. S., Kitsukawa, K., Winborn, L. C., Barretto, A., & Wacker, D. P.  (2002).  Evaluation and treatment of covert hand flapping.  Behavioral Interventions, 17, 43-49.

 

Ringdahl, J. E., Kitsukawa, K., Andelman, M. S., Call, N., Winborn, L., Barretto, A., & Reed, G. (2002).  Differential reinforcement with and without instructional fading.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 291-294.

 

Harding J. W., Wacker, D. P., Berg, W. K., Barretto, A., Winborn, L., & Gardner, A., (2001).  Analysis of response hierarchies with attention-maintained problem behaviors.  Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 61-64.

 

Peck, W. D., Williams, B. F., Barretto, A., & Lane, J. B. (1997).   The effects of simulation and feedback on preservice teachers and their acquisition of specific direct instruction teaching skills.  Effective School Practices, 16(4), 36-45.

 

Barretto, A., & McLaughlin, T. F. (1996).  The effects of precision teaching on the acquisition of the prevocational skill of cross stitching: A case study.  Journal of Precision Teaching and Celeration, 14(1), 80-86.

 

Book chapters

 

Wacker, D. P., Harding, J., Berg, W., Cooper-Brown, L. J., & Barretto, A. (2009). Punishment. In W. T. O’Donohue & J. E. Fisher (Eds.), General principles and empirically supported techniques of cognitive behavior therapy (pp. 506-512). New York: Wiley & Sons.

 

Wacker, D. P., Harding, J., Berg, W., Cooper-Brown, L. J., & Barretto, A. (2008). Punishment. In W. T. O’Donohue & J. E. Fisher (Eds.), Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice (2nd ed., pp. 408-414). New York: Wiley & Sons.

 

McLaughlin, T. F., Weber, K. P., & Barretto, A. (2004).  Spelling:  Academic interventions.  In T. S. Watson & C. H. Skinner (Eds.), Encyclopedia of school psychology (pp. 317-320).    New York:  Kluwer Academic/Plenum Publishers.

 

Wacker, D. P., Harding, J., Berg, W. K., Cooper-Brown, L. J.,& Barretto, A. (2003).  Punishment.  In W. O’Donohue, J. E. Fisher, & S. C. Hayes, (Eds)., Cognitive behavior therapy: Applying empirically supported techniques in your practice.   Hoboken, NJ:  John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

 

Peck, S. M., Derby, k. M., Harding, J. W., Weddle, T., & Barretto, A., (2002).  Behavioral support with parents of school-aged children with developmental disabilities and problem behavior.  In J. Lucyshyn, G. Dunlap, & R. Albin (Eds.), Families and positive behavioral support: Addressing the challenge of problem behavior in family contexts.  Baltimore: Paul H. Brookes.     

 

Wacker, D. P., Harding, J., Berg, W. K., & Barretto, A. (2002).  The University of Iowa outpatient clinic and outreach services.  In R. Hanson, N. Wieseler, C. Lakin, & D. L. Braddock. (Eds)., Crisis: Prevention and response in the community.   Washington, DC:  AAMR.

 

Invited Presentations

 

Barretto, A (2011, April). Conducting Functional Analyses in the Classroom.  Invited address presented at Iowa AEA Challenging Behavior Team conference, Des Moines, IA.

 

Barretto, A. (2010, January). Functional Analysis in the Schools.  Invited address presented at the University of Iowa Department of Education, Iowa City, IA.

 

Barretto, A., Wacker, D. P., Knutson, C., Porter, J., & Mapel, J. (2003, March).  Conducting Functional Analysis and Behavioral Consultation via Telemedicine.  Keynote address presented at the conference of the Celeste Foundation, Mount Dora, Florida.

 

 

Professional Presentations

 

Barretto, A. (2012, May).  Teaching safety skills to individuals with disabilities. Chair of tutorial;. at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

Asmus, J.M., & Barretto, A. (2012, May). Developmental disabilities..   In co-coordinator session at the Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA.

 

Brushwein, L., Poff, B., & Barretto, A, (2012, May).  Multifunction communication analysis with a child with autism. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA

 

Sykora, C.T., Barretto, A, & Weber, K.P. (2012, May).  The use of sensory items and token economy on on-task behavior of two students with autism. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA

 

Weber, K.P., Barretto, A, Williams, R.L., McLaughlin, T.F., & Derby, K.M. (2012, May).  Gonzaga University graduate programs in special education. Poster presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA

 

McCall, J, Barretto, A., & Weber, K.P. (2012, May).  The Effects of parent implementation of escape extinction and noncontingent reinforcement on food refusal of a two-year-old boy with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified .  Poster presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA

 

McCall, J, Barretto, A., & Weber, K.P. (2012, May).  The Effects of parent implementation of escape extinction and noncontingent reinforcement on food refusal of a two-year-old boy with pervasive developmental disorder-not otherwise specified .  . Poster presented at the 38th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Seattle, WA

 

Neyman, J, Barretto, A., Rice, K., & Derby, K.M., (May 2011).  Assessment and treatment of severe behavior in outpatient and natural settings.   In Anjali Barretto (Chair).  Application of functional analysis and functional communication training in classroom setting.  Paper presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Denver, CO.

 

Barretto, A. (2011, May). Assessment and treatment of severe behavior in outpatient and natural settings.   Chair of symposium at the 37th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Denver, CO.

 

Schangl, L., Weber, K.P., & Barretto, A. (2011, May).  Generalization of mands concurrent with an increase in math skills, acquired through training in classroom setting, by a middle school male with autism.  . Poster presented at the 37th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Denver, CO.

 

 

 

 

 

Derby, K.M., Barretto, A., Conn, M., Weber, K.P., & Mclaughlin, T.F. (2009, May).  Extensions of experimental analysis procedures within outpatient and home settings. In Wendy K. Berg (Chair). Application of experimental analysis procedures in an outpatient clinic setting: A ten year descriptive assessment.  Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

 

 

Barretto, A., & Shouse, H., (2009, May). Further developments in the assessment and treatment of children who display escape-maintained problem behavior. In Danielle Dolezal (Chair).  Assessment and treatment of food refusal with a child with autism.  Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

Beaudet-Dommer, K., Derby, K.M., Weber, K.P., & Barretto, A., (2009, May). Behavioral Approaches to the Assessment and Treatment of Novel Challenging Behaviors. In Terry Falcomata (Chair). The effects of systematic desensitization on a phobic 15-year-old male with autism: A case study. Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

 

Barretto, A. & Shouse, H., (2009, May).  Assessment and treatment of food refusal with a child with autism.   In Danielle Dolezal (Chair). Further developments in the assessment and treatment of children who display escape-maintained problem behavior.  Paper presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

Barretto, A. (2009, May). The effects of establishing operations on assessment and treatment outcomes.   Chair of symposium; 35th Annual Convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

Lustig, N., Barretto, A., & Derby, K. M., (2009, May). The evaluation of functional communication training in the treatment of escape-maintained behavior.  Poster presented at the 35th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

Beaudet-Dommer, K., Derby, K.M., Weber, K.P., & Barretto, A., (2009, May).  The effects of systematic desensitization on a phobic 15-year-old male with autism: A case study. Poster presented at the 35th the Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Phoenix, AZ.

 

Hagen, H., Swanson, L., K. M. Derby, Barretto, A., & McLaughlin, T. F. (May 2008).  Use of power cards with a child with autism. Poster presented at the 34th Annual Meeting for the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

 

Arkoosh, M., Derby, K. M., Wacker, D. P., Berg, W., McLaughlin, T. F., & Barretto, A., (2008, May).  A descriptive evaluation of long term treatment integrity. Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

 

Barretto, A., Weathers, K., & Derby, K. M., (2008, May).  The effect of choice during demand fading.   In Jay Harding (Chair). Analyses of children’s problem behavior, manding, and task completion during community-based interventions.  Paper presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

 

Barretto, A. (2008, May). Further developments in the assessment and treatment of pediatric feeding.   Chair of symposium; 34th annual convention of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

 

Macdonald, K, Barretto, A., & Derby, K. M., (2008, May). Assessment of topographies of manding during functional communication training.  Poster presented at the 34th Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, Chicago, IL.

 

Barretto, A., & Armstrong, M (2007, May). Assessment and treatment of feeding disorders: Community Applications.   In Gregory K. Reed (Chair). Assessment and treatment of feeding problems: Reinforcer manipulations and applications to alternative settings. . Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association for Behavior Analysis, San Diego, CA.

 

Williams, R., McLaughlin, T. F., Derby, K. M., Weber, K. P., & Barretto, A. (2007, May).  Applied Behavior Analysis and the Special Education Teacher Training Programs at Gonzaga University.   In Robert L. Morgan (Chair).  Teaching applied behavior analysis to pre-service teachers.  Paper presented at the 33rd Annual Conference of the Association