Biography

Brief Bio

Steven J. Barreto, Ph.D. earned his undergraduate degree from Stanford University and his Ph.D. in clinical psychology from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor as well as a MA in Sociology from the University of Michigan. He completed Pre-Doctoral and Post-Doctoral Fellowships at the University of Michigan, and a Post-Doctoral Fellowship at the Brown University School of Medicine DPHB specializing in school-based intervention programs and family centered residential treatment for children with serious emotional disturbance. Currently, Dr. Barreto is a Senior Psychologist at Bradley Childrenís Psychiatric Hospital where he is the Clinical Director of the Exeter House Residential Program, a community-based treatment program for children with serious emotional disturbance and their families. Dr. Barreto is also the Co-Director of Bradley Hospitalís FireSafe Families Program which serves the families of Rhode Island children who have been involved in firesetting.
Dr. Barretoís clinical research interests include the development of an innovative state-wide collaborative care network for children engaged in firesetting. This work was funded through a three year grant from the Rhode Island Juvenile Justice Commission. The program coordinates both fire safety education and a multiple family group intervention and delivers an evidenced-based and manualized intervention protocol. Dr. Barreto also supervises research on clinician awareness and conceptualization of the problem of juvenile firesetting. In addition, Dr. Barreto helped to establish the Rhode Island Juvenile Firesetting Coalition and has been invited to serve on the Advisory Board to the Rhode Island State Fire Marshal on juvenile firesetting and has provided numerous trainings to community mental health professionals, fire service and law enforcement personnel. Dr. Barreto has published on juvenile firesetting in the APA journal Psychological Services.
Dr. Barretoís teaching and supervision interests include the community-based residential treatment of families of children with serious emotional disturbance. In this capacity he provides supervision in the areas of multi-systemic family therapy approaches for children with disruptive behavior disorders, many of whom have experienced early childhood abuse and neglect. Dr. Barreto also serves on the Diversity Committee of Brown Psychology Internship Consortium and lectures frequently on the role of culture in family therapy. He has published in the on the use of the utility and validity of the Childrenís Depression Inventory among urban African-American children.

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