Toby Martin

• PSYC 4540/8300 - Behavioural Assessment
• PSYC 7362 - Ethical and Professional Issues in Applied Behaviour Analysis and Psychology

I was born and educated in Winnipeg, Manitoba. My graduate advisor was Dr. Joseph J. Pear, with whom I studied computer-aided instruction and basic learning processes in Siamese fighting fish. In the late 1990s I began supporting Drs. C. T. Yu and Garry Martin at St. Amant, which is Manitoba's largest service provider for persons living with developmental disabilities and autism. I started in my faculty position at UM in 2015.

• PhD (Psychology), University of Manitoba, 2009

Research interests

• Applied behaviour analysis
• Experimental analysis of behaviour

Research summary

I develop projects that: (a) answer real questions posed by service providers in the field of developmental disabilities, (b) provide meaningful training to graduate students in our area, and (c) leverage my experience and training in behaviour analysis. Topics addressed have included behavioural intervention outcomes, mindfulness training for caregivers, and promoting social connection for persons with disabilities.

Research affiliations/groups

• Researcher, St.Amant Research Centre

• McCombe, L., Martin, T. L., Curtis, H., Ediger, J., & Temple, B. (2022). "Crisis Stabilisation Services for People with Intellectual Disabilities: A Systematic Review." Journal of Intellectual Disabilities, 26 (4), 1033--1056. 
• Pankewich, A., Martin, T. L., Walters, K. L., & Dubé, C. (2021). "Accuracy and acceptability of ehealth data collection for an early intensive behavioural intervention program." Behavioral Interventions, 37(2), 334--344. 
• Cochrane, K., Cressman, C., & Martin, T. L. (2020). "Social validity of a kindergarten-readiness behavioural intervention for children with autism." Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 25(1)
• Daniel, A. L., Pedreira, K. M., Martin, G. L., & Martin, T. L. (2020). "Evaluation of a self-instructional package for training ABA service providers to conduct the Assessment of Basic Learning Abilities--Revised". Education and Training in Autism and Developmental Disabilities, 55(2), 215--227.
• Kalinowski, K., Martin, T. L., & Cressman, C. (2020). "Acceptability of clinical services provided to First Nations families." Journal of Interpersonal Relations, Intergroup Relations, and Identity, 13 (Winter). 
• Cook, B., Duris, J., Martin, T. L., & McCombe, L. (2019). "Behavioural strategies to address noncompliance". In J. L. Matson (Ed.), Handbook of Intellectual Disabilities: Integrating Theory, Research, and Practice. Springer International Publishing.
• Miskimmin, C., Shooshtari, S., Menec, V. H., Martin, T. L., & Stoesz, B. M. (2019). "Age-friendly communities for older persons with intellectual disabilities." Quality in Ageing and Older Adults, 20(4), 206--218. 
• Roy-Wsiaki, G., Martin, G. L., Yu, D. C. T., Martin, T. L., Kaminski, L., Miljkovic, M., Rigby, S., Webster, K., & Figueroa, M. (2017). "An analysis of training tasks, maladaptive behaviours, and rates of task acquisition based on archived data from an EIBI program". Journal on Developmental Disabilities,  23, 29--43.
• Cox, A., Virues Ortega, J., Julio, F., & Martin, T. L. (2016). "Establishing motion control in children with autism and intellectual disability: Applications for anatomical and functional MRI." Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 50(1), 8--26. 
• de Oliveira, M. A., Jaksic, H., Lee, M., Wightman, J., Wang, C., Pedreira, K., Martin, T. L., Yu, C. T., Vause, T., Feldman, M., & Pear, J. J. (2016). "The effects of student peer-review on the efficacy of computer-aided system of instruction to teach discrete trials teaching". Journal on Developmental Disabilities, 22(2), 80--90.