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Northwest Missouri State University


Barbara Martin

Barbara Martin

Email

Office

228 Brown Hall

Phone

660.562.1779
660.562.1561 (fax)

Joined Northwest in 2006

Assistant Professor

Education

  • Ph.D. Education, Early Childhood Special Education, University of Kansas, 2004
  • M.A. Human Development & Behavior Analysis, University of Kansas, 1982
  • B.A. Human Development/Early Childhood Education, University of Kansas, 1980

Courses Taught

  • 62-320 Classroom and Behavior Management
  • 62-340 Principles of Early Childhood Education
  • 62-531 Curriculum and Methods in Early Childhood Education
  • 62-532 Family and Community Resources in Early Childhood Education
  • 62-541 Indentifying and Prescribing Instruction in Early Childhood Education
  • 62-542 Curriculum and Methods in Early Childhood Special Education
  • 62-543 Practicum in Early Childhood Education
  • 62-544 Practicum in Early Childhood Special Education
  • 62-602 Supervision of Early Childhood Programs
  • 62-630 Field Experiences in Early Childhood

Academic Interests

  • Assessment of yound children
  • Strategies for working with students with challenging behaviors
  • Teacher preparation-early childhood educators

Scholarly Activity

Presentations

  • April, 2011. Invited keynote speaker. 6th Annual Early Care and Education Quality Celebration. "What have you done?"
  • March, 2010. Missouri Council for Exceptional Children Annual Spring Conference. "Addressing Challenging Behavior: The power of prevention."
  • February, 2010. Southwest Regional International Reading Association Annual Conference, Oklahoma City, OK. "Reading about herstory: Using trade books to address the lack of ladies in social studies". Co-Presenter with Jane Andrews, Barbara Crossland, Nancy Foley, Nissa Ingraham, Terry Lovelace, Carolyn McCall, Barbara Martin, Susanne Nuttall, Pradnya Patet, and Pat Thompson.
  • November, 2010. National Association for the Education of Young Children Annual Conference, Annaheim, CA. Co-presenter with Pradnya Patet. "Teaching reflective thinking skills: How to use metaphors and performance-based tasks to prepare preservice and novice early childhood educators."
  • October, 2009. Missouri Division for Early Childhood/Council for Exceptional Children Annual Conference, Jefferson, MO. "Meeting the needs of all children through effective teaching strategies."
  • April, 2009. National Social Science Association, Las Vegas, NV. "Effective classroom management: Training pre-service teachers to promote self-control, problem-solving and independence in elementary school children."
  • March, 2009. Missouri Council for Exceptional Children Annual Spring Conference, Osage Beach, MO. "Positive approaches to working with students with challenging behaviors."

Publication

  • Crossland, B., Clark-Murphy, C. & Martin, B. (2009). Utilizing images in art to foster dialogue about cultural and historical issues in the early childhood classroom. The International Journal of the Arts in Society.

Student Group Advisement

  • Co-sponsor, Kind Individuals Dedicated to Students (K.I.D.S.), 2009-10

Other Professional Experiences

Professional Memberships

  • Council for Exceptional Children - Division of Early Childhood (CEC-DEC)
  • National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
  • Children and Adults with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (CHADD)

Field Experiences

  • Urban Early Childhood Practicum Experience in North Kansas City/Liberty, May 2006-10
  • Field trip to area early childhood/early childhood special education programs with Curriculum and Methods in ECE and ECSE students, June 2009/Fall 2010/Fall 2011

Other

  • President, Board of Directors, United Cerebral Palsy of Northwest Missouri
  • Invited member, Northwest Missouri P-20 Educational Council: Early Childhood Action Team
  • Nodaway Recreation-Education for Adults with Disabilities Advisory Council