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 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 also the author of the book Using Visual Imagery to Improve Reading Comprehension published by Peytral Publications, 2005.

Dr. Kelly is available to present to schools, parent support groups, or other organizations on the following topics:

• Neurobiology of dyslexia
• Early prediction of and intervention for reading disorders
• Various alternatives to resource rooms for reading interventions
• Neuropsychology of autism spectrum disorders
• Traumatic Brain Injury in the schools- from concussion to coma- recommendations for school personnel and educational planning
• Memory training- tools for compensation

Licensure
November, 2004
Psychologist:  Commonwealth of Pennsylvania