Stephanny Freeman
Titles
Director, Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization Program
Health Sciences Clinical Professor, Center for Autism Research and Treatment (CART)
Contact Information
Mailing Address:
760 Westwood Plaza78-243B
Semel Institute
Los Angeles, CA 90095
UNITED STATES
Biography
Dr. Stephanny F.N. Freeman is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Child Psychiatry at UCLA and a licensed clinical psychologist. She Co-Directs the Early Childhood Partial Hospitalization (ECPHP) Program at UCLA. Research interests included the social (peers and friendship) and emotional (recognition, empathy, and problem solving) development of children with developmental disabilities. Dr. Freeman also investigates and has published research-based intervention procedures on core deficits for preschool and young children with autism, best practice interdisciplinary interventions for children with autism, and play/social skills development in autism. As director of ECPHP, Dr. Freeman oversees the day-to-day activities of therapists and specialists. She coordinates the evaluation, treatment, and development of appropriate multidisciplinary programs for school-aged children and severely impaired children with autism. She assists parents in developing appropriate educational programs and school-based modifications, behavior education and training, cognitive development, and social/emotional/play development.