Jacobs, Dr. Gary

PUBLICATIONS /SCHOLARLY WORK FOR Dr. GARY D. JACOBS

Jacobs, G. D. (2005). Now Bethany can read: A poetic thought about emergent

 literacy.   Ohio Reading Teacher, 37(1), 69.

JURIED PRESENTATIONS

Jacobs, G., Devine, J. & Defazio, J. (2007) Our Road to National Recognition from

 NCATE of Our Intervention Specialist and Early Childhood Intervention

 Specialist Education Licensure Programs at Walsh University International

 Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders. October 2007    Conference. (Presenter)

Swisshelm, M., & Jacobs, G. (2007). International Conference on Children

 and Youth with Behavioral Disorders. October 2007 Conference.

Jacobs, G., Devine, J. & Defazio, J. (2007) OCTEO Conference, Columbus,

 Ohio.  April 3-5, 2007. (Presenter)

Archual, J. & Jacobs, G. (2003). The use of positive reinforcement to strengthen

exercising and reduce inappropriate snacking. International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders.  St. Louis, Missouri, October, 2003.

Barnhart, A. & Jacobs, G. (2003). The use of an extinction procedure to reduce the talk

outs in class of a 21 year old college junior.  International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders.  St. Louis, Missouri, October, 2003.

Jansen, D. & Jacobs, G. (2003). The use of negative reinforcement and a prompting

procedure to improve the getting out of bed behavior of a 15 year old high school sophomore. International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders.  St. Louis, Missouri, October, 2003.

Tam, K., Gardner, R., III, Jacobs, G. & Frazier-Troutman, S. (2000).  Alternative

 programs for children at risk.  2000 Symposium on Culturally and Linguistically

 Diverse Exceptional Learners.  Albuquerque, New Mexico, October, 2000.

Gardner, R., Woolsy, L., Tam, K., & Jacobs, G. (1999).  Establishing partnerships to

benefit students.  Council for Children with Behavioral Disorders Third

International Conference on Children and Youth with Behavioral Disorders.

Dallas, Texas, September, 1999.

Jacobs, G. D. (1999).  The effects of teacher corrective feedback and self-correction of

the written compositions of elementary students with learning disabilities.

Association of Behavior Analysis 25^th Annual Convention.  Chicago, Illinois,

May, 1999.

Scharet, E. & Jacobs, G. D. (1999).  The effects of token reinforcement on the growling

 behavior of a school-ages child.  Association of Behavior Analysis 25^th Annual

 Convention.  Chicago, Illinois, May, 1999.

Wranesh, S. & Jacobs, G. D. (1999). The effects of prompts and no prompts on personal

 water consumption.  Association of Behavior Analysis 25^th Annual Convention.

 Chicago, Illinois, May, 1999.

Jacobs, G. D., & Hall, E. W. (1998). Experiences of a first year assistant professor.

 Teacher Education Division Annual Conference.  Dallas, Texas, November,

 1998.

Hall, E. W., & Jacobs, G. D. (1998). How to land a job in higher education.  Teacher

 Education Division Annual Conference.  Dallas, Texas, November, 1998.

Kito, K., Gardner, R., III, & Jacobs, G. D. (1998).  Decreasing the transition time of

 preschool children with developmental disabilities.  Association for Behavior

Analysis 24^th Annual Convention.  Orlando, Florida, May, 1998.

Howell, R. & Jacobs, G. (1997). The effects of two modes of self-instruction on the on-

task/off-task behavior of inclusive teams of students with and without disabilities.

Association for Behavior Analysis 23^rd Annual Convention.  Chicago, Illinois,

May, 1997.

Jacobs, G. D. & Gardner, R., III. (1997). A comparison of teacher instruction plus story

 starters to teacher instruction plus story starter and self-correction on the written

 compositions of students with learning disabilities.  Association for Behavior

 Analysis 23^rd Annual Convention.  Chicago, Illinois, May, 1997.

Clowers, R., Gardner, R., III, & Jacobs, G. D. (1997). Increasing oral fluency through the

 use of repeated readings of elementary students with learning disabilities and

 developmental handicaps.  Association for Behavior Analysis 23^rd Annual

 Convention.  Chicago, Illinois, May, 1997.

Jacobs, G. D., Gardner, R., III, Spratt, R., & Heimlich, S. (1996).  Using self-correction

 to improve the written compositions of learning disabled children with writing

 problems.  The Ohio Federation of the Council for Exceptional Children,

Cincinnati, Ohio, November, 1996.

Jacobs, G. D., Gardner, R., III, & Jacobs, C. W. (1996).  Using self-correction in

 mathematics to improve skills in adolescent children with behavioral and

 learning problems.  Association for Behavior Analysis 22^nd Annual Convention.

 San Francisco, California, May, 1996.

Weber, K. P., Gardner, R., III, & Jacobs, G. D. (1996).  A comparison of vocal training

 alone and vocal plus sign language training on the acquisition of tacts and

mands made by preschool aged children with developmental disabilities.

Association for Behavior Analysis 22^nd Annual Convention.  San Francisco,

California, May, 1996.

Gardner, R., III, & Jacobs, G. D. (1996).  Students with serious emotional disturbances.

Ohio Council of Children with Behavior Disorders Conference.  Columbus, Ohio,

April, 1996.

BOOK REVIEWS

Managing Classroom Behavior:  A Reflective Case-Based Approach by Kauffman/Mostert/Trent/Pullen.- Pearson Publications – Reviewer – April  2008

Sage Publications – Book Reviewer – Fall, 2007

Pearson Publications – Book Reviewer – Spring 2007

Review of: Wheeler, J. J. & Richey, D. D. (2005) Behavior Management: Principles and Practices of Positive Behavior Supports for Pearson/Merrill Prentice Hall – April 2007