Peter F. Toscano Jr, Associate Professor of Psychology
PETER F. TOSCANO JR.
Associate Professor of Psychology (1976)
Department of Psychology
Chairperson of the Department of Psychology
Phone: 508-767-7460
Email: ptoscano@assumption.edu
B.A., Clark University; Psychology, 1972
Ph.D., State University of New York at Stony Brook; Clinical Psychology, 1976
Ph.D. Thesis Title: “The Effects of Memory Aids on the Discrimination Learning of Elderly Adults”
Sample of Courses Taught
Undergraduate: Psychology of Learning
Sample of Publications
Toscano, P.F. (1998). “Child Maltreatment: Psychosocial Considerations.” Diagnostic Imaging of Child Abuse. Ed. P.K. Kleinman. Mosby, Inc, (1998).
Sample of Presentations
“A Child’s Understanding of Being Adopted: Clinical and Developmental Considerations.” Psychiatry Grand Rounds, Springfield, MA, 1998.
“Child Maltreatment.” Western Psychiatric Grand Rounds, Northampton, MA, 1996.
“How Children Think About Adoption.” First Annual Statewide Adoption Conference of Rhode Island, Warwick, RI, 1992.
