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Dr. Basto is an Assistant Professor, and Director of the B.S. programs in Psychiatric Rehabilitation in the Department of Psychiatric Rehabilitation and Counseling Professions, Rutgers University, School of Health Professions (SHP).
He has a PhD. in Psychiatric Rehabilitation and is a Certified Psychiatric Rehabilitation Practitioner (CPRP). Dr. Basto has been involved with the development of the CPRP including helping to define the Psychiatric Rehabilitation field, helping to revise the CPRP exam domains, and as an item writer for the CPRP examination.
Dr. Basto has extensive experience working with children and adults who have mental health conditions and substance use disorders in community-based programs and hospital in-patient settings. He has partnered with peers in the development of peer run services and worked with families to establish family support groups. He is currently a Co-President of Collaborative Support Programs of NJ, which provides housing, wellness centers and advocacy for peers in recovery. He is also on the Board of Directors of the New Jersey Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association.
He has provided trainings, developed training manuals, and created online professional education programs for staff, and peers. Dr. Basto has also developed workshops and presented at state, national, and international conferences focusing on improving the Psychiatric Rehabilitation workforce. His current research interests are focused on peer run services, and on student learning outcomes.
M.S., UMDNJ-SHRP
Ph.D., Rutgers University
NJ Social Innovations Journal, 2nd Place Innovator in Education Award, 2024
New Jersey Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Educator Recognition award, 2021
New Jersey Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association Mort Gati Award, 2021
Leory Spaniol Educators Award -Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association, 2016National Psychiatric Rehabilitation Association 2016
Rutgers-SHP Excellence in Teaching Award, 2008-2009
Student Clinical Excellence Award, 1998
Cum Laude graduate, 1978
Peer run services and student learning outcomes
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Educational Research Grant |
UMDNJ-SHRP |
2009-2010 |
Co-Investigator |
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UMDNJ Foundation Grant |
UMDNJ Foundation |
2009-2017 |
Co-Investigator |
Basto, P. M., Pratt, C. W., Gill, K. J., & Barrett, N. M. (2000); The organizational assimilation of consumer providers. Psychiatric Skills, 4, 105 – 119.
Barrett, N. M., Pratt, C. W., Basto, P. M., & Gill, K. J. (2000). Integrating consumer providers into a service delivery system. Psychiatric Skills, 4, 82 – 105.
Waynor, W. R., Dolce, J. N., Basto, P., Crisafulli, G., Gaviria, D., & Bates, F. M. (2016). Training future psychiatric rehabilitation providers: The cognitive apprenticeship model. Rehabilitation Counselors and Educators Journal, 9, 15-21. (Note: article was accepted in 2020 and due to journal backlog was placed in 2016 edition published in 2021).
Jia, Y., Spagnolo, A. B., Barrett, N., Murphy, A. A., Basto, P. M., Rothpletz-Puglia, P., & Luther, S. (2024) Validation of a peer observation and evaluation tool for online teaching in the U.S. Educational Technology Research and Development.
Waynor, W., Banz, E., Banko, A., Basto, P., Rothpletz-Puglia, P., Roy, S., Bonsu, Y., & Greco, S. (2026). Understanding Undergraduate Students Desire to Study Psychiatric Rehabilitation: A Qualitative Study. The Rehabilitation Professional, 34(1). https://doi.org/10.70385/001c.159677