Dr. Barry B. Frieman
Early Childhood Education Department
Office: HH 405-G
Office Telephone: 410-704-2553
E-Mail: bfrieman@towson.edu
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Courses Taught
ECED 101 
 Young Child as a Learner
EDUC 201 
 Parenting Process
ECED 201 Intervention and the Young Child
ECED 471 
 Families and Children At Risk

Vitae

        EDUCATION
 

Ed.D. 1970  University of Maryland, 
College Park
Human Development
M.S.W. 1983 University of Maryland at Baltimore,
school of Social Work
Clinical Social Work
M.A. 1969
University of Maryland,
College Park
 Human Development
B.A. 1963
University of Maryland, 
College Park
Social Science, Secondary Education

         PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
 

1970 – present Towson State University (MD)  Professor, Department of Early Childhood Education
1983-present  Private Practice, Columbia, MD Clinical Social Worker, Therapy with children, adolescents, and families
1982-1983 University of Maryland 
Medical School
Internship, Child and Adolescent 
Outpatient Clinic
1968-70 University of Maryland, 
College Park
Fellow in Human Development, 
Institute for Child Study


 
SELECTED PROFESSIONAL AND SCHOLARLY ACTIVITIES
Certification:
Certified member of the Academy of Certified Social Workers; Licensed Certified Social Worker - Clinical, MD
Books
Frieman, B.B. (2000).  What Teachers Need to Know About Children At Risk  Boston: McGraw-Hill..
Selected Articles and Book Chapters:
Frieman, B.B. (2002). Challenges faced by fathers in a divorce support group. Journal of Divorce and Remarriage. (in press)
Hoover, M.F., & Frieman, B.B. (2002). A professor-student mentoring agreement. The Mentoring Connection, Winter, 4.
Frieman, B.B., & Berkeley, T.R. (2002) Encouraging fathers to participate in the school experiences of young children: The teacher's role.  Early Childhood Education Journal.
Frieman, B.B., Garon, H.M., & Garon, R.J. (2000). Parenting seminars for divorcing parents: One year later.  Journal of Divorce and Remarriage, 33, 129-143.
Frieman, B.B., Bartow, M., & Cox, C. (2000). Improving articulation between two-and four-year colleges. Community College Journal, 71, 28-31.
Frieman, B.B., & Fine, B. (2000). Infusing functinal law into the classroom. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED 440044).
Frieman, M., & Frieman, B.B. (2000). reducing harassment in elementary school classrooms using high school mentors. (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED439797).
Frieman, B.B. (1998).  What early childhood educators need to know about divorced fathers.  Early Childhood Education Journal, 25, 239-241
Frieman, M., & Frieman, B.B. (1998).  The elementary school counselor’s special mailboox.  Professional School Counseling.  Summer, 1998.
Cole, L., & Frieman, B.B. (1998).  What parents want teachers to know.  Parenting for High Potential.  March, 1998, 12-14.
Frieman, B.B., & Watson-Thompson, O. (1998).  Telling their stories:  African-American parents talk to white teachers (Report No. ED412-321).  Laurel, MD:  National Library of Education.  (ERIC Document Reproduction Service No. ED412-321).
Kirmani, M.H., & Frieman,  B.B. (1997).  Diversity in classrooms:  Teaching kindness through folktales.  International Journal of Early Childhood Education, 29, 39-43.
Frieman, B.B. (1997).  Two parents – two homes.  Educational Leadership, 54, 23-25.
Frieman, B.B., O’Hara, H., & Settel, J. (1996).  What heterosexual teachers need to know about homosexuality.  Childhood Education, 73, 40-42
Frieman, B.B., & Manecki, S. (1995).  Teaching children with sight about Braille.  Childhood Education, 71, 137-140.
Frieman, B.B. (1995).  Parenting seminars for divorcing parents.  Children Today, 23 (3), 18-19.
Frieman, B.B., Garon, R., & Mandell, B. (1994).  Parenting seminars for divorcing parents.  Social Work, 39(9), 607- 610.
Frieman, B.B., & Settel, J.  (1994).  What the classroom teacher needs to know about children with chronic medical problems.  Childhood Education, 70 (4), 196-201.
Frieman, B.B., & Maneki, S.  (1994).  Children of divorced parents: Action steps for the counselor to involve fathers.  Elementary School Guidance and Counseling, 28(3), l97-205.
Frieman, B.B.  (1993).  Separation and divorce: Children want their teachers to know.  Young Children, 48(6), 58-63.
Frieman, B.B.  (1992).  What early childhood teachers need to know about troubled children in therapy.  Dimensions of Early Childhood, 21(4), 21-24.
Frieman, B.B.  (1992).  Understanding the homeless child in your classroom.  Georgia Social Science Journal, 23(2), 9-14.
Selected Professional Memberships:
American Orthopsychiatric Association
Association For Childhood Education International
National Association for the Education of Young Children
National Association of Social Workers 
Service:
Research Advisor, the Children of Separation and Divorce Center, Columbia, Maryland