Faculty and Staff Profiles

David F. Bicard
Asst Professor, Instruction Curriculum Leadership
Email: dbicard@memphis.edu
Office Location: 404 Ball Hall
Office Hours: Monday and Tuesday 1 to 4 PM
Profile

Dave Bicard received his training and experience in behavior analysis at Teacher’s College, Columbia University and The Ohio State University. Prior to coming to the University of Memphis he was an Assistant Professor of Special Education at Florida International University. He has been a preschool teacher at The Fred S. Keller School and Research and Staff Development Coordinator at The Hawthorne Country Day School in New York. He has published four studies in The Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis and behavior management articles in The Middle School Journal and Preventing School Failure. His research interests include the effects of rules on the behavior of students with ADHD and language development of young children with Autism. He has been a BCBA since 2001.


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Student Advising/Mentoring
  • MA - Esther Plank - 2010
Books Published/Reviewed
  • Alber, S. R. & Bicard, D. F. (2003). Student study guide to accompany exceptional children an introduction to special education (7th ed.) by W. L. Heward. Columbus, OH: Pearson Education.
  • Alber, S. R. & Bicard, D. F., & Wood, C. (2005). Student study guide to accompany exceptional children an introduction to special education (8th ed.) by W. L. Heward. Columbus, OH: Pearson Education.
  • Bicard, D. F. & Alber, S. R. (2003). Instructor’s manual to accompany exceptional children an introduction to special education (7th ed.) by W. L. Heward. Columbus, OH: Pearson Education.
  • Bicard, D. F. (2003). Using classroom rules to construct behavior. In Cauley, K. M., Linder, F., & McMillan, J (Eds.), Power Web: Educational Psychology, McGraw-Hill, Columbus, OH.
  • Bicard, D. F. (2004). Using classroom rules to construct behavior. In Kauchak, D, Eggen, P., & Burbank, M (Eds.), Charting a Professional Course: Issues and Controversies in Education, Pearson, Columbus, OH.
  • McDonough, C. S., Covington, T., Endo, S., Meinberg, D., Spencer, T., & Bicard, D. (2005). The Hawthorne Country Day School: A Behavioral Approach to Schooling. In W.L. Heward et al. (Eds.), Focus on Behavior Analysis in Education, Merrill: Columbus, OH.
  • Wood, C., Bicard, D. F. & Alber, S. R. (2006). Instructor’s manual to accompany exceptional children an introduction to special education (8th ed.) by W. L. Heward. Pearson Education: Columbus, OH.
Journal Articles
  • Bicard, D. F. (2000). Constructing behavior: The decisive element in developing and using classroom rules. The Middle School Journal, 31, 37-46.
  • Neef, N. A., Bicard, D. F., & Endo, S. (2001). Assessment of impulsivity and the development of self-control with students with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 34, 397-40.
  • Bicard, D. F. & Neef, N. A. (2002). Effects of strategic versus tactical instructions on adaptation to changing contingencies in children with ADHD. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 35, 375-390.
  • Neef, N. A., Bicard, D. F., Endo, S., Coury, D. L., & Aman, M. G. (2005). Evaluation of pharmacological treatment of impulsivity in children with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 135-146.
  • Neef, N. A, Marckel, J, Ferreri, S. J., Bicard D. F., Endo, S., Aman, M. G., Miller, K. M., Jung, S., Nist, L, & Armstrong N. (2005). Behavioral assessment of impulsivity: A comparison of children with and without attention deficit hyperactivity disorder. Journal of Applied Behavior Analysis, 38, 23-37.
  • Barbetta, P. M., Nerona-Leong, K., & Bicard, D. F. (2005). Classroom management: A dozen classroom management mistakes and what to do instead. Preventing School Failure, 49, 11-21.
  • Bicard, S., Bicard, D., F., Casey, L. B., Smith, C., Plank, E., & Casey, C. (2008). The effects of student response system and single student questioning technique on graduate students’ recall and application of lecture material. I-manager’s Journal of Educational Technology, 5(1), 23-30.
  • Bicard, S., Bicard, D. F., Casey, L., & Borek, J. (2008). Sustained silent reading and attitudes of secondary students: An analysis of the literature. Wisconsin State Reading Association Journal, 47(2).
  • Casey, L. B., Bicard, D. F., Bicard, S. C., & Nichols, S. C. (2008). A much delayed response to A Nation At Risk: Recent innovations in general and special education. Phi Delta Kappan, 89 (8), 593-596.
  • Nichols, S. C., Bicard, S. C., Bicard, D. F., & Casey, L. B. (2008). A field at risk: The teacher shortage in special education. Phi Delta Kappan, 89 (8), 597-600.
  • Casey, L. B. & Bicard, D. F., (2008, November). ADHD and Medication. Memphis Parent
  • Bicard, D. F., Horan, J., Plank, E., & Covington, T. (in press). May I Take a Message? Using General Case Programming to Teach Students with Disabilities to Take and Give Phone Messages. Preventing School Failure.
  • Casey, L. B. & Bicard, D. F. (in press). Language development in children with language disorders: An introduction to Skinner’s verbal behavior and the techniques for initial language acquisition. I-manager’s Journal on Educational Psychology.