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About Dr. Kelly
Dr. Kelly is a licensed
psychologist in Pennsylvania who specializes in the neuropsychological
aspects of learning disorders. She
holds her doctorate in School Psychology from Temple University in
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where she developed her strong interest in
developmental dyslexia. She received
specialized predoctoral and postdoctoral fellowship training in the area of
pediatric neuropsychology and rehabilitation psychology from Primary
Children’s Medical Center in Salt Lake City, UT and the duPont
Hospital for Children in Wilmington, DE.
Dr. Kelly also has vast
experience in the diagnosis and treatment of children with learning
disabilities, and has developed innovative teaching methods for children
with dyslexia. She has been invited
to speak to various groups on dyslexia and its remediation, from the school
to the state levels. Dr. Kelly has
also spent time teaching children with special needs, as a special
education teacher of children with learning disorders for 15 years. She also has extensive experience in both
the development and the implementation of educational recommendations for
children with learning difficulties.
Dr. Kelly is the author of the
book The Power of Visual Imagery,
Techniques to Increase Reading Comprehension for Students with Reading
Difficulties published
by and available for purchase at Corwin
Press.
Dr.
Kelly is available to present to schools, parent support groups, or other
organizations on the following topics:
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Neurobiology of Dyslexia
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Early Prediction of and Intervention for
Reading Disorders
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Dyslexia and Shame
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Neuropsychology of Autism Spectrum
Disorders
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Traumatic Brain Injury
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Memory Training- tools for compensation
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