Patrick Romani, PhD
Associate Professor, Psychiatry-Child-CHC

Research Interests

Teaching

Publications

• Romani, P. W., Hammad, I., & Luehring, M. C. (2023). COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy amongst caregivers of developmentally disabled youth. Clinical Pediatrics, 63(1), 14-17. doi: 10.1177/00099228231201717
• Romani, P. W., Fisher, W. W., Boorse, A. L., & Silver, S. B. (2023). Evaluation of generalization following behavioral skills training for implementing preference assessments. Seven Dimensions, 1(2), 1-26.
• Ringdahl, J. E., Crook, K., Berg, W. K., Wacker, D. P., Molony, M., Romani, P., Ryan, S., Ryan, A., & Zabala, K. (2023). Further evaluation of prompt density, rate of reinforcement, and the persistence of manding. Behavioral Interventions, 38(3), 1 – 16. doi: 10.1002/bin.1944
• Romani, P. W., Ladyga, R., & McCleary, M. (2023). Use of didactic training and feedback to improve quality and acceptability of progress notes written by direct-care staff on a psychiatric inpatient unit. Behavioral Interventions, 38(2), 427-436. doi: 10.1002/bin.1927
• Romani, P. W., Schwien, M., Boydston, D., Lick, J., Hays, T. M., Luehring, M., C., & Richeson, B. (2023). The effect of napping on the function of problem behavior for one child with an acquired brain injury. Clinical Case Studies, 22(3), 307 - 324. doi: 10.1177/15346501221141491
• O’Brien, M. J., Romani, P. W., Berg, W. K., & Wacker, D. (2023). The effects of noncontingent reinforcement on task disengagement following failure of differential reinforcement treatment. Behavioral Interventions, 38(1), 62-79. doi: 10.1002/bin.1916
• Romani, P. W., Luehring, M. C., Hays, T. M., & Boorse, A. L. (2023). Comparisons of functional behavior assessment procedures to the functional analysis of problem behavior when evaluating social functions for problem behavior. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 23(1), 36 - 48. doi: 10.1037/bar0000258
• Romani, P. W., Young, K., Boorse, A. L., & Carson, B. (2023). Evaluation of a telehealth training program to teach educators to implement behavioral assessment and treatment. Education and Treatment of Children, 46(1), 5 - 22. doi: 10.1007/s43494-023-00089-7
• Proterra, K., Ehrlich, S., & Romani, P. W. (2022). Training direct-care staff to implement sensory integration strategies on a psychiatric inpatient unit. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 35, 150 – 156. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12357
• Romani, P. W. & Donaldson, A. M. (2022). Teaching rural educators to ask follow-up questions during open-ended interviews via telehealth. Advances in Developmental and Educational Psychology, 4, 147 – 159. doi: 10.25082/ADEP.2022.01.003
• Romani, P. W. (2021, invited manuscript). Reflections on conducting pediatric mental health research as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics, 11, 35 – 37. doi: 10.1353.nib.2021.0012
• Romani, P. W., Banks, T., Barnes, J. C., Murphy, J., Sannar, E. M., & Anderson, T. (2021). Use of a short-term psychiatric inpatient model to address problem behavior exhibited by youth with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 6, 447 – 458. doi: 10.1080/23794925.2021.1975517
• Romani, P. W., Kennedy, S. M., Sheffield, K., Ament, A. M., Schiel, M., Hawks, J., & Murphy, J. (2021). Pediatric mental healthcare provider’s perceptions of the delivery of partial hospitalization and outpatient services via telehealth during the COVID-19 pandemic. Evidence-Based Practice in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 5, 1-14. doi: 10.1080/23794925.2021.1931985
• Romani, P. W., Ariefdjohan, M., Jensen Gaffey, L. L., Torres-Dominguez, M., & Lister, J. (2020). Relations between patient and staff-member characteristics and staff member injury on a psychiatric inpatient unit for children with intellectual or developmental disabilities. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing, 33, 125 – 130. doi: 10.1111/jcap.12291
• Hays, T. M. & Romani, P. W. (2020). Use of the Performance Diagnostic Checklist-Human Services to assess hand hygiene compliance in a hospital. Behavior Analysis in Practice. doi: 10.1007/s40617-020-00461-8
• Lindgren, S. D., Wacker, D. P., Schieltz, K. M., Suess, A. N., O’Brien, M. J., Romani, P. W., Lee, J., & Waldron, D. (2020). A randomized controlled trial of functional communication training via telehealth for young children with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders. doi: 10.1007/s10803-020-04451-1
• Lichtblau KR, Romani PW, Greer BD, Fisher WW, Bragdon AK. Remote treatment of sleep-related trichotillomania and trichophagia. J Appl Behav Anal. 2018 Apr;51(2):255-262. PubMed PMID: 29468679
• Fisher WW, Greer BD, Mitteer DR, Fuhrman AM, Romani PW, Zangrillo AN. Further evaluation of differential exposure to establishing operations during functional communication training. J Appl Behav Anal. 2018 Apr;51(2):360-373. PubMed PMID: 29512153
• Romani PW, Alcorn AS, Linares J. Improving Accuracy of Data Collection on a Psychiatric Unit for Children Diagnosed With Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities. Behav Anal Pract. 2018 Dec 31;11(4):307-314. PubMed PMID: 30538904
• Romani, P. W. (in press, invited manuscript). Reflections on conducting pediatric mental health research as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. Narrative Inquiry in Bioethics.
• Proterra, K., Ehrlich, S., & Romani, P. W. (in press). Training direct-care staff to implement sensory integration strategies on a psychiatric inpatient unit. Journal of Child and Adolescent Psychiatric Nursing.
• Romani, P. W., Young, K., Boorse, A. L., & Carson, B. (in press). Evaluation of a telehealth training program to teach educators to implement behavioral assessment and treatment. Education and Treatment of Children.
• 4. Romani, P. W., Luehring, M. C., Hays, T. M., & Boorse, A. L. (in press). Comparisons of functional behavior assessment procedures to the functional analysis of problem behavior when evaluating social functions for problem behavior. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice.
• O’Brien, M. J., Romani, P. W., Berg, W. K., & Wacker, D. (in press). The effects of noncontingent reinforcement on task disengagement following failure of differential reinforcement treatment. Behavioral Interventions.
• Romani, P. W., Schwien, M., Boydston, D., Lick, J., Hays, T. M., Luehring, M., C., & Richeson, B. (in press). The effect of napping on the function of problem behavior for one child with an acquired brain injury. Clinical Case Studies.
• Romani, P. W., Ladyga, R., & McCleary, M. (in press). Use of didactic training and feedback to improve quality and acceptability of progress notes written by direct-care staff on a psychiatric inpatient unit. Behavioral Interventions.
• Ringdahl, J. E., Crook, K., Berg, W. K., Wacker, D. P., Molony, M., Romani, P., Ryan, S., Ryan, A., & Zabala, K. (in press). Further evaluation of prompt density, rate of reinforcement, and the persistence of manding. Behavioral Interventions.
• Romani, P. W., Fisher, W. W., Boorse, A. L., & Silver, S. B. (in press). Evaluation of generalization following behavioral skills training for implementing preference assessments. Seven Dimensions.
• Romani, P. W., & Koerner, A. M. (in press). Comparison of fixed-ratio and fixed-interval schedules of reinforcement within the treatment of escape-reinforced problem behavior. Journal of Behavioral Education.
• Romani, P. W., Hays, T. M., Glover, J., & Swain-Cockrell, A. (conditionally accepted). Training healthcare professionals to discriminate between examples and non-examples of racial microaggressions. Behavioral Interventions.
• Zangrillo, A. N., Sodawasser, A., DeBrine, J., Romani, P, & Kettering, T. (in press). Environmental safety design on inpatient and outpatient units. In J. K. Luiselli, F. Bird, H. Maguire, & R. M. Gardner (Eds.), Behavior safety and clinical practice in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Springer.
• Quigley, S., & Romani, P. W. (in press). Social Valdity. In J. K. Luiselli, F. Bird, H. Maguire, & R. M. Gardner (Eds.), Behavior safety and clinical practice in intellectual and developmental disabilities. Springer.
• Romani, P. W., Luehring, M. C., Trimble, D., & Ladyga, R. (in press). Specialized psychiatric inpatient units for youth with developmental disabilities. In J. Leffler, A. Thompson, & S. Simmons (Eds.), Handbook of Evidence-Based Inpatient Mental Health Programs for Children and Adolescents. Springer

Professional Memberships

• Association for Behavior Analysis International (ABAI), Member
• Heartland Association for Behavior Analysis (HLABA), Member