John
Spear
Jack Spear
- Campus: Online
- Department: Applied Behavior Analysis
- Institution: The Chicago School
- Office Phone: 312-488-6096
Biography
Dr. Jack Spear is an Associate Professor in the Behavior Analysis Department. He has been teaching both at the undergraduate and graduate levels since 2009, and has extensive experience in research methods and statistics and various research areas within basic, applied, and translational behavior analysis. Chief among these areas is academic interventions for college students. Much of this research has been presented at regional and national conferences. Currently, he also serves as the Academic Development Plan manager for the department, and has recently served as chair of the Online Campus Faculty Council.
Education History
Degree Institution Year BA Psychology Eastern CT State University , Willimantic, CT 2007 MA Psychology Queens College/City University of New York , Flushing, NY 2011 MPhil Psychology The Graduate Center/City University of New York , New York, NY 2013 PhD Psychology The Graduate Center/City University of New York , New York, NY 2015 Professional Memberships
Role Organization Full Member Association for Behavior Analysis International Presentations
Title Location Date The role of mass media in perspective taking: a behavior-analytic interpretation Washington, DC 2025 Evaluation of the seven dimensions of ABA interventions employed with older adults Washington, DC 2025 Topography versus function: behavior analysis in golf settings Washington, DC 2025 The role of mass media in perspective taking: a behavior-analytic interpretation Chicago, IL 2024 Evaluation of residential services for older adults with intellectual disabilities/developmental disabilities residing in the community Philadelphia, PA 2024 Evaluating clinical methods of expanding practitioners’ knowledge in the field while adhering to ethical codes Philadelphia, PA 2024 Seeking functional relations with competitive golfers Philadelphia, PA 2024 Effects of similar and dissimilar high-probability request topographies on low-probability request compliance Denver, CO 2023 Providing choices across academic contexts with all children Kansas City, MO 2023 An evaluation of the influence of effort and function of the efficacy of high-probability request sequencing at increasing compliance in children with autism spectrum disorders Denver, CO 2023 The effects of choice on physical activity engagement in elementary-aged children Denver, CO 2023 An evaluation of the effects of the number of options within an array and time constraints on an individual's preference for choice contexts Boston, MA 2022 A contingency-based progressive delay to smoking cessation online 2021 Evaluation of residential services for older adults with intellectual disabilities/developmental disabilities residing in the community online 2021 Comparing randomized vocal sequences to TAGteach to teach novel dance movements to adults Washington, DC 2020 Evaluation of residential services for older adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities residing in the community Washington, DC 2020 An evaluation of a more-adaptive treatment of elopement using modern technology for children with developmental disabilities Washington, DC 2020 Comparing TAGteach and precision teaching to vocal contingencies to teach novel dance movements to adults Washington, DC 2020 Evaluation of a participatory, competency-based model of staff training on implementation of client proactive and reactive procedures for high-stressed staff members Denver, CO 2020 Tools of choice: increasing positive interactions Chicago, IL 2019 Stimulus equivalence instruction to teach parents about functions of problem behavior Chicago, IL 2019 Effects of immediate versus delayed feedback on therapist skills in implementing discrete trial training Chicago, IL 2019 An evaluation of a more adaptive and less obtrusive treatment of elopement using modern technology for children with developmental disabilities Chicago, IL 2019 Effects of immediate vs. delayed feedback on therapists’ skills in implementing discrete trial training San Francisco, CA 2019 Using Remote Parent Training to Teach Positive Reinforcement San Diego, CA 2018 The Effects of Hear Rate Feedback on Participants' Physical Activity during Treadmill Exercise San Diego, CA 2018 Tools of Choice: Increasing Positive Interactions Overland Park, KS 2018 Combining Differential Reinforcement of Alternative Behavior with Extinction to Reduce Problem Behavior Paris, France 2017 Increasing Physical Activity in Adults with Down Syndrome and Obesity using a Telehealth Fitness Intervention Denver, CO 2017 Statistical Interaction: Interpreting and Writing Descriptions of Complex Graphs San Antonio, TX 2015 Learning to Write without Writing II: A Solution to a Pressing Problem London, UK 2015 Learning to Write without Writing: Effects on Relational and non-Relational Descriptions Chicago, IL 2014 From recognition to expression: writing full descriptions of information portrayed in complex graphs induced by prior conditional discrimination training Merida, Mexico 2013 Prompting Behavior Analysis at Liberal Arts Universities: A Panel Discussion Minneapolis, MN 2013 Conditional discrimination training induces written descriptions of complex information: data Minneapolis, MN 2013 Conditional discrimination training induces written descriptions of complex information: theory Minneapolis, MN 2013 Combined effects of relational type and nodal distance on stimulus relatedness in equivalence classes Flushing, NY 2013 Improving student accuracy and descriptions of graphs using conditional discrimination training London, UK 2013 Use of matrix training to induce joint stimulus control by graph-description correspondences Seattle, WA 2012 Joint stimulus control by graph/description correspondences: induction by matrix training Saratoga Springs, NY 2011 The measurement of joint control by elements of complex graphs and their textual descriptions Amherst, MA 2010 Equivalence class formation using a trace stimulus- pairing paradigm with a response window San Antonio, TX 2010 Attending to all elements of complex stimuli in conditional relations: Describing statistical interactions Phoenix, AZ 2009 Areas of Expertise
Area Expertise Applied Behavior Analysis Academic Skills Instructional Design Publications
Journal Arnall, R., Griffith, A. K., Kalafut, K., & Spear, J (2022). Using vocal consequences with TAGteach™ to teach novel dance movements to adults. Behavioral Interventions, , 1-16.
Rosado, C. M., Jansz Rieken, C., & Spear, J (2021). The effects of heart rate feedback on physical activity during treadmill exercise. Behavior Analysis: Research and Practice, 21 (3), 209-218.
Arnall, R., Garcia, Y., Griffith, A., & Spear, J. (2021). Stimulus generalization using non-visual stimuli. Journal of Visual Impairment & Blindness, 115 (2), 121-133.
Hough, T., & Spear, J. (2020). Evaluation of residential services for older adults with intellectual disabilities/developmental disabilities residing in the community. Journal of Gerontology and Geriatric Medicine, , online.
Spear, J., & Fields, L. (2016). Describing interactions after multi-element conditional discrimination training: learning to write without writing. The Psychological Record, 66 , 9-29.
Spear, J., & Fields, L. (2015). Learning to write without writing: writing accurate descriptions of graphs after learning graph-printed text relations. Learning & Behavior, 43 , 354-375.
Fields, L., & Spear, J. (2012). Measuring joint stimulus control by complex graph-description correspondences. The Psychological Record, 62 , 279-294.
Professional Skills
Stimulus Equivalence, Stimulus Control, Concept Formation, Resistance to Extinction