Department of Psychology
State University of New York at Buffalo
Park Hall
Amherst, New York 14260
(716) 837-9594
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A.
Degrees:
Columbia College B.A. Psychology,
Sociology 1950-1954
Michigan State University M.A.
Experimental and Clinical Psychology, 1956
Purdue U. Ph.D.
Clinical Psychology, Sociology, Child Development 1960
B.
Thesis and Dissertation:
1957.
A test of Gestalt and stimulus-response interpretation of
insight in the rat. M.A. thesis,
Michigan State University. Major
Professor, Dr. M. Ray Denny;
Committee members, Drs. Stanley Rattner, Donald Johnson.
1960.
A factor-analytic investigation of personality rigidity
in children. Ph.D. dissertation,
Purdue University, Major Professor, Dr. L. M. Baker;
Committee members, Drs. J. M. Hadley (Clinical), A. H. Blum,
(Child development), E. Z. Dager, (Sociology).
CLINICAL
TRAINING:
A.
Pre-Doctoral Internship:
U.S.
Veteran's administration.
Part-time, 4000 hours, 5/55 to 10/59; included rotation through
V. A. hospitals and clinics in Michigan and Indiana.
B.
Post-Doctoral Fellowship:
Child
Clinical Psychology at the Devereaux Schools, Devon,
Pennsylvania, 1960-1961.
PROFESSIONAL
EXPERIENCE:
A.
Academic:
University of Bridgeport, Bridgeport, CT; Psychology Department,
1961-1969, Instructor - Associate Professor
State
University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY;
Psychology Department, 1969 – 1999; Associate Professor,
1969-1971; Professor, 1971 – 1999; Professor Emeritus, 1999 -
present. Director, Graduate Training
Program in Clinical-Community Psychology, 1981-1982 and
1988-1991. Co-Director, Research
Center for Children and Youth, 1985 – 1999.
B.
Clinical-Community
(Consultancies and Part-time Clinical Directorships).
1963-1967- Director, NOMIC Child
Development Center, Create and operate a behavior modification
treatment program for severely disturbed children. Duties:
clinical evaluations, training professionals and
sub-professionals in behavior therapy; planning, evaluation,
supervision of all aspects of treatment programs, parent
training, research. Staff included psychiatric, psychological
and social work consultants; behavior therapists,
sub-professionals, certified teachers. Summer
programs included a staff of thirty, and focused on behavior
modification of disturbed, poverty-level children,
training of teachers, college students, high school students and
adults.
1965-1967 -Twice served as Acting Director, Kennedy Center
Diagnostic and Treatment Clinic for children with mental
retardation, Bridgeport, CT, while a new director was being
sought. Duties included
psychological testing supervision of clinic staff, policy, etc.
1967-1974 -Served in a variety of positions, as described below:
Psychological consultant to High Meadows,
State Residential School for
Children.
Director, Behavior Research, The Foundation School, Orange, CT.
Duties: Operate a behavior
modification program for severely
disturbed children, conduct and supervise integral
research-service program.
Special consultant in children's services, to the Commissioner,
Erie County Department of Mental Health.
Consultant, Attica Correctional Facility, to develop and
evaluate a token economy program.
Consultant, Gowanda State Hospital, to introduce staff to
behavior modification approaches.
1974-1976 -Project Director, Cerebral Palsy Center, Buffalo, NY.
"Behavior modification, Child and Family Systems,"
clinical and research project.
A.
Journal Articles and Chapters:
Graziano, A. M. & Fernald, L. D.
Three linear teaching machine programs on the solar system, for
use by fourth grade. Smith-Harrison,
Inc., 1962.
Eble,
S., Fernald, L. D., & Graziano, A. M. (1963).
The comparability of quantitative Rorschach and Z-Test
data. Journal of Projective
Techniques, 27, 2, 167-170.
Levine, M., Spivack, G., and Graziano, A. M. (1964).
Anxiety and set in the Rorschach Test.
Journal of Consulting Psychology, 28, 2, 189.
Graziano, A. M. & Kean, J. (1968).
Programmed Relaxation and Reciprocal Inhibition with psychotic
children. Behavior research and
Therapy, 6, 433-437.
Graziano, A. M. (1969). Clinical
innovation and the mental health power structure:
A social case history.
American Psychologist, 24, 1, 10-18.
Graziano, A.M. (1969). Mental
Health, Psychotherapy, and the new Psychotherapists. Journal
of Psychiatric Nursing and Mental Health Services,
March-April, 69-72.
Graziano, A. M. (1970). The
acquisition of adaptive social behavior by autistic children
through programmed psychotherapy. Exceptional Children,
36, 10, 76-77.
Graziano, A. M. (1970). An
Historical Note on J. Stanley Gray's "Behavior Modification,"
1932. Journal of the History of the
Behavioral Sciences, 6, 2, 156-158.
Braun, J. R., Graziano, A. M., & Boyko, E. P. (1970).
A validity study of Shallow Affect Scales, Journal of
Clinical Psychology, 26, 2, 197-199.
Levine, M. & Graziano, A. M. (1972).
Mental Health Approaches in Elementary Schools.
In Golann, S., & Eisdorfer, C. (Eds.).
Handbook of Community Psychology and Mental Health.
New York:
Appleton-Century-Crofts, 541-573. (Updated, 1980).
Graziano, A. M. (1972). The
consultant, the client and hidden assumptions.
In Zusman, J., & Davidson, D., (Eds.).
Practical aspects of mental health consultation.
Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas.
Graziano, A. M. (1972). The mental
health industry, Psychology Today, Jan. 5, 8, 12-18.
Graziano, A. M. (1972). Role vs.
task orientation in mental health, Current Medical Dialog,
July, 754-758.
Berkowitz, B. & Graziano, A. M. (1972).
Training parents as behavior therapists: A review,
Behavior Research & Therapy, 10, 4, 297-319.
Graziano, A. M. & Fink, R. S. (1973).
Second order effects in mental health treatment. J.
Consulting & Clinical Psychology, 40, 3, 356-354.
Graziano, A. M. (1975). Futurants,
coverants and operants. Behavior Therapy, 6, 3, 421-422.
Aronson, D. & Graziano, A. M. (1976).
Improving elderly clients' attitudes through photography.
The Gerontologist, 16, 4, 363-367.
Graziano, A. M. Parents as behavior
therapists (1977). In M. Hersen, R.
M. Eisler, & P. M. Miller (Eds.).
Progress in Behavior Modification.
New York: Academic Press, pp.
251-299.
Graziano, A. M. (1978). Behavior Therapy with Children.
In B. Wolman, A. O. Ross, J. Egan (Eds.) Handbook of
treatment of mental disorders in childhood and adolescence
Englewood Cliffs, NJ: Prentice-Hall,
1978, pp. 28-46.
Graziano, A. M. & DeGiovanni, I. S. (1979)
The clinical significance of childhood phobias:
A note on the proportion of child-clinical referrals for
the treatment of children's fear.
Behavior Research & Therapy, 17, 2,
161-162.
Graziano, A. M., DeGiovanni, I. S., & Garcia, K. (1979).
Behavioral treatment of children's fear: A review.
Psychological Bulletin, 86, 4, 804-830.
Graziano, A. M., Mooney, K. C., Huber, C., & Ignasiak, D.
(1979). Self-control instructions
for children's fear reduction: A
multiple case study: Behavior Therapy & Experimental
Psychiatry, 10, 221-227
Graziano,
A. M. & Mooney, K. C. (1980). Family
self-control instructions for children's nighttime fear
reduction. Journal of Consulting
and Clinical Psychology, 48, 206-213.
Graziano, A. M. (1981). Information
on parent training: A book review of
Abidin, R. R. (Ed.). Parent
education and intervention handbook.
Springfield, Il: Charles C. Thomas,
1980. In Contemporary Psychology,
26, 358-360.
Graziano, A. M. & Katz, J. (1982).
Training paraprofessionals. In
Hersen, M. & Kazdin, A. E.
International handbook of behavior modification and therapy.
New York: Plenum Press.
Graziano, A. M. & Mooney, K. C. (1982).
Behavioral treatment of "Nightfears", a 2-1/2 to 3-year
follow-up. Journal of Consulting and
Clinical Psychology, 50, 598-599.
Graziano, A. M. & Bythell, D. L. (1983)
Child behavior therapy. In E.
G. Foa and P. Emmelkamp (Eds.), Failures in behavior therapy.
New York: John Wiley and
Sons.
Graziano, A. M. (1983). Behavioral
training of parents, (invited article) The Counseling
Psychologist, 11, 47-56.
Graziano, A. M. (1985).
Parents take behavior seriously.
A book review of Dangel, R. F. & Polster, R. A. (Eds.)
(1984). Parent training.
N.Y.: The Guilford Press.
Contemporary Psychology.
Mooney, K.C., Graziano, A.M., and Katz, J. (1985).
A factor-analytic investigation of children's nighttime
fear and coping resources.
Journal of Genetic Psychology, 146, 2, 205-215.
Graziano, A. M. (1986). Book review
of Hersen, M. and Last, C.G.
Behavior Therapy Casebook. N.Y.:
Springer. Behavior Modification.
Graziano, A. M. and Namaste, K. N.
(1990). Parental use of physical
punishment in child discipline: A
survey of 679 College students.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 5, 449-463.
Graziano, A. M. and Diament, D. M. (1992).
Parent behavior training: An
examination of the paradigm. Behavior Modification, 16, 1, 3-38.
Graziano, A. M. and Kunce, L. J., Lindquist, C. M. and Munjal,
K. (1991).
Physical Punishment in Childhood and Current Attitudes:
A comparison of college students in the U.S. and India.
Journal of Interpersonal Violence, 7, 147-155.
Graziano A. M. and Mills, J. P. (1992).
Treatment for abused children: When is a partial solution
acceptable? Child Abuse and
Neglect, 16, 217-228.
Graziano, A. M. & Kunce, L. (1992). Effects of corporal
punishment on children. Violence Update.2, 1;
8-11.
Graziano, A, M. (1992). Why we should study sub-abusive
violence against children. The Child, Youth, and Family
Services Quarterly. 15, 4, 8-9.
Note: a
summary of the above paper appeared in Violence Update, 1993.
Raulin, M. L. & Graziano, A. M. (1993). Correlational and
quasi-experimental research. In A. M. Coleman, (Ed.)
Companion encyclopedia of psychology, London: Routledge
Press
Graziano, A.M. & Dorta, N.(1994). Behavioral treatment of
children and adolescents. In M. Hersen
& R.T. Ammerman, (Eds.). Advanced abnormal child
psychology. Hillsdale, N.J.: Erlbaum, Associates.
Graziano, A.M. (1996). A review of Straus' "Beating the Devil
out of them". Journal of Marriage and the Family, In
Press.
Graziano, A. M., Hamblem, J. L. & Plante, W.A. (1996).
Subabusive violence in child rearing in middle class American
families. Pediatrics, 98, 4, 845-851.
Stein, M. T., Graziano, A. M., Howard, B., & Dubowitz, B.
(2001). Maria: Stubborn, willful, and always full of energy. .
Journal of Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics
(Supplement), 22, April, 2001, 17-23.
Plante, W., & Graziano, A. M. (2002). Associations among distorted cognitions and hypothetical parenting responses prior to parenting. Child Maltreatment, 7, 198-209.
B.
Papers in Preparation
Graziano, A.M. Metaphors for autism:
“The more things change…..”
Prevention and Developmental Disabilities
Role theory & Developmental Disabilities
C. Books:
Graziano, A. M. (Ed.) (1971).
Behavior therapy with children, Vol. I.
New York: Aldine.
Graziano, A. M. (1974).
Child without tomorrow.
Elmsford, N.Y., Pergamon Press, 1974.
Graziano, A. M. (Ed.) (1975).
Behavior therapy with children, Vol. II.
Chicago: Aldine.
Bugelski,
B. R. & Graziano, A. M. (1980).
Handbook of practical psychology.
Englewood Cliffs, NY: Prentice-Hall.
Graziano, A. M. & Mooney, K. C.
(1984). Children and behavior
therapy, NY: Aldine.
Graziano, A. M. and Raulin, M. L. (1989).
Research methods: A process of inquiry. New York,
NY:
Harper and Row. First
Edition.
Second Edition, Harper/Collins, 1993
Third Edition, Addison Wesley, Longman, 1997
Fourth Edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2000
Fifth Edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2003
Sixth Edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2006
Canadian Edition, Allyn & Bacon, 2008
Seventh Edition,
Allyn & Bacon, 2009
Instructor's manual to accompany Research Methods.
(All editions)
Student Workbook to accompany Research Methods.
(All editions)
Student Resource CD and Student Resource Website to
accompany Research Methods.
Graziano, A. M. (2002). Developmental Disabilities:
Introduction to a diverse field. (An advanced undergraduate
text.) New York: Allyn & Bacon.
Graziano, A. M. (2008). La Bell’America: A Reminiscence of an Italian Immigrant Family in the 1930s. Buffalo, N. Y.: Bates Jackson, Publishers.
D.
Books in progress:
Graziano, A.M. Role Modification in Mental Retardation.
Graziano, A.M. Never hit a kid! Discipline in child rearing.
Graziano, A.M. The Prevention of Developmental Disabilities
Group behavior modification with
children. Updated variations of this
project have been presented at Yale University, 1968 and 1969;
University of Connecticut Psychological Association, 1966;
Connecticut Association of School Psychologists, 1966; and
several hospitals, schools, clinics, and state and local
professional organizations in a variety of states, through 1977.
Programmed psychotherapy: A
behavioral approach to severely disturbed children.
Eastern Psychological Association, Boston, 1967.
Training behavior therapists.
(Symposium). Presented at American
Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1967.
Discussants included J. Wolpe, T. Ayllon, C. Franks, L.
Ullmann.
Clinical innovation and the mental health power structure: A
social case history. Paper presented
at Eastern Psychological Association, Washington, DC, 1968.
The
reluctant client - counterpoint to a pop theme.
Paper presented at U. S. Public Health Association,
November 12, 1969.
The
mental health consultant and the professionals' social system.
Presented at the 1970 Continuing Medical Education
Conference on Mental Health Consultation, Buffalo.
Chairman, paper presentation session,
Clinical Psychology, II Eastern Psychological Association, 1970.
Workshop in behavior modification, New York City Juvenile
Detention Center (Spofford Center), N.Y.C., June 1970.
Four-day workshop in behavior modification at Gowanda State
Hospital, Helmuth, NY, August 1970.
One-day workshop in behavior modification, Yardsville Youth
Detention Center, Yardsville, NY, June 1970.
Token economies in penal institutions.
Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Association,
1971.
With
Shelia G. Graziano, Children's liberation, is now the time?
Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Association,
1972.
Mental health power structure.
Paper presented at Massachusetts Mental Health Association,
1972.
Behavior modification in child treatment. Chairman, Symposium,
American Association for Mental Deficiency, 1972.
Child advocacy. Paper presented at
Western New York Psychological Association, January, 1973.
Discussant, Behavior modification in child center, Reppucci,
ND, (Chairman), Symposium American Psychological Association,
Montreal, August, 1973.
Is
there a future in behavior therapy?
Paper presented at American Association of Behavior Therapy
Annual Meeting, Miami, December 7, 1973.
Moral issues in child behavior modification.
Paper presented at Wayne County Children's Center,
Detroit, MI, January, 1974.
Recent advances in behavior therapy with children.
Paper presented at American Psychological Association,
1974, New Orleans, as part of Symposium.
Children as dependent subjects.
Paper presented at invitational symposium, J. Brady, (Chairman).
Issues in Human Research, Eastern Psychological
Association, New York City, April, 1975.
Community power structures and mental health.
Paper presented at a workshop,Political and community
Problems in Mental Health, DeKalb, IL, April 22 and 23, 1975.
Sponsored by Northern Illinois University and NIMH,
Mental Health Services Department Branch.
With K. Mooney.
Family self-control instruction for children's
fear-education. Eastern
Psychological Association, April 1979, Philadelphia, PA.
Duggan, M. & Graziano, A. M.
Factors in adolescents' successful smoking control.
Paper presented at E.P.A., 1984.
Seraguse,
M. & Graziano, A. M. Children's
perceptions and evaluations of smiling.
Poster. Eastern Psychological
Association, April, 1987.
Role
Theory Applications to mental retardation.
Invited Address, Association of Behavior Analysis,
Nashville, Tenn., May, 1987.
Application of social role theory to mental retardation.
Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association,
Buffalo, NY, April 1988.
Role
modification as intervention with mentally retarded persons.
Paper presented at American Psychological Association,
New Orleans, Ga., August 1988.
The
inhibition hypothesis and child abuse:
Learning to be a monster.
Paper presented at Law and the Legitimation of Violence, SUNY,
at Buffalo, March 1989.
Graziano, A.M. and Singer, S. (1989).
Profiles of Shoplifters.
Paper Presented at the American Association for Industrial
Security, May 1989, Buffalo, NY.
Diament, D. M. and Graziano, A. M.
Social roles and mental retardation:
An empirical study. Paper presented
at Eastern Psychological Association, 1989, Philadelphia, PA.
Graziano, A. M., Kunce, L. J., Lindquist, C. M., and Munjal, K.
Physical punishment in childhood and current attitudes.
A comparison of college students in the U.S. and India.
Paper presented at the Eastern Psychological Association,
1990.
Lindquist, C. M. and Graziano, A. M.
Punishment and current attitudes of law students.
Paper presented at Eastern Psychological Associates, NY
City, 1991.
Graziano, A. M. and Mills, J. P.
Treatment for abused children: When
is a partial solution acceptable?
Paper presented at symposium, Treatment of Abused Children,
Eastern Psychological Association, N.Y. City, 1991.
Graziano, A. M. (1992). Why we should study sub-abusive corporal
punishment in childrearing. Paper presented at symposium,
Studying violence, Eastern Psychological Association, Boston,
Mass., 1992.
Katz, F. & Graziano, A.M. (1994). Jurors' reactions to
parricide. Eastern Psychological Association, Providence, R.I.
April, 1994.
Graziano, A.M., Hamblen, J., & Plante, W. (1995).
The use of corporal punishment in childrearing in 330
middle class families. Paper
presented at the Fourth International Conference on Family
Violence,Durham, New Hampshire, July, 1995.
Davies, W.H., Lazoritz, S., Graziano, A.M., & Driscoll, D.
(1996). The experience of medical examinations for child sexual
abuse. Paper presented at the National Colloquium of the
American Professional Society on the Abuse ofChildren, Chicago,
June, 1996.
Graziano, A. M., Hamblen, J. L. & Plante, W. W. (1995). The use
of corporal punishment in 320 middle
class American families. Paper presented at the Fourth
International Family Violence Conference, Durham, N. H.,July 25,
1995.
Graziano, A. M., Hamblen, J. L., & Plante, W.A.(1996).
Sub-abusive violence in child-rearing in middle class American
families. Paper presented at The Short and Long-Term
Consequences of Corporal Punishment.
S. B. Friedman, Chair, American Academy of Pediatrics, Elk Grove
Village, Ill., February 9 - 11, 1996.
Graziano, A.M. Colloquim. Social class and child discipluine.
State University of New York at Fredonia.
April, 1998.
Graziano, A. M. (2000) Colloquium. Prevention
in developmental disabilities: Historical and
contemporary trends. People Inc.,
Buffalo, N.Y., Sept., 2000.
Connecticut State Department Mental
Health Grant: Day-care program for children.
1965-1966; 1966-1968;
$29,000.
Connecticut State Department Education Grants for special
education-therapeutic summer programs for economically deprived
emotionally disturbed children. 1966
and 1967, $56,000.
Connecticut State Department Education and local school
systems, 1968-1969, behavior modification program for psychotic
children, $35,000.
New
York State Department of Mental Hygiene, Training grant, $7,500,
1970-1971.
University Research Funds, small research grants, approximately
$6,000, through 1981.
Erie
County Mental Health Department and New York State Department of
Mental Hygiene. Demonstration
project, behavior modification for severely disturbed children
and their families. 1974 through
1976, $152,000. Local private funds,
$52,000.
Baldy Summer Fellowship in Law and Social Policy.
Summer 1974, $2,500.
SUNY
grant for Research Center for Children and Youth (with M.
Levine). November 1985 - October
1988, $300,000.
Family Interactions/ Children with Mental Retardation (Research
Contract), New York State Office of Mental Retardation and
Developmental Disabilities. 1985 -
1986, $104,000.
Evaluation Better Business Stop Shoplifting Education Program
(with S. Singer) contract January 1,
1988 - November 30, 1988, $12,000.
Baldy
Center for Law and Social Policy. Research Awards
1991-1992 - $4,500.00
1992-1993 - $3,500.00
1993-1994 - $3,700.00
1994-1995 - $4,200.00
1995-1996 - $4,000.00
1996-1997 - $3,500.00
1997-1998 - $2,000.00
Harry Frank Guggenheim Foundation - Research award Jan. - Dec.,
1993 Understanding family
sub-abusive violence against children. $35,000.00
The
Dean's Award For research, Internal grant, S.U.N.Y. at Buffalo,
$6,000 - 1997- 2000.
Member: American Psychological Association; Eastern
Psychological Association, Psychological Association of Western
New York; New York Academy of Sciences;
Member: Program Committee, Eastern Psychological Association,
1974 -1976.
Board
of Directors:. Eastern Psychological Association, 1992-1995.
Chair: Program Committee, Eastern Psychological Association,
1976-1977.
Certified: New York 1971 - Present.
Editorial Board: Behavior Modification
Fellow: American Psychological Society, 1998
Reviewer: psychology, social work, and medical journals; and
book publishers.
Participated in numerous television panel discussions, 40-50
radio programs; presented talks to local groups; written and been
interviewed for newspaper articles; authored a dozen op-ed pieces
for the newspaper, donated professional time to several local
agencies; Member, Board of Directors, People, Inc., Buffalo, N.Y.