Welcome to the 2011-2012 School Year!!!!
I will continue to be at IHM Tuesdays through Fridays giving me many opportunities to work with your child in his/her classroom as well as using a pull-out service delivery model to help your child develop learning strategies, and collaborate with teachers on varying levels. Collaborating with teachers in the classroom has been my passion since I began working in the schools in 1986.
The schedules that I am sending home and/or emailing include times that I am in your child’s classroom as well as pull-out sessions. This year, I will be using email to send home forms, documents, letters, and announcements. I will use the primary email address that you indicated IHM use. If you would like me to use an alternative email or additional emails, please let me know. If you would prefer hard copies in addition to email/electronic copies, please let me know.
Be sure to check out my website. Each month I will post a newsletter of various topics pertaining to learning, language, and literacy. My newsletter is called: Language-Literacy Links. I will cover such topics as Reading Development through the grade levels; Executive Functions; the IAT (Intervention Assistance Team) process and RtI (Response to Intervention); How do Students Learn to Learn?; Standardized testing vs. Authentic Assessment (what do test scores not tell you); What is a Learning Disability and what it is Not, , These are just a few topics…..
If you ‘click’ on Auxiliary, then you will see my link.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to contact me by email, lindaw@ihomschool.org or by phone, 388-5686, Tues-Fridays. Even though I am not here on Mondays, I do try to check my school email.
I’m looking forward to working with you and your child this year.
Linda L. Wellman, Ph.D. CCC-SLP
Licensed and ASHA Certified Speech-Language Pathologist
Dr. Wellman's Bio
I graduated from the University of Cincinnati in 1986 with a Master of Arts in Communication Sciences and Disorders. I have worked in the public school setting, a private school for students with learning disabilities, UC's Speech-Language and Hearing Clinic, and I have done private practice work. In 1998, the Southwest Ohio Special Education Regional Resource Center awarded me the ‘Outstanding Educator Award’ for my work in special education collaboration/inclusion. In 1999, I began working full-time on a Ph.D. degree, graduating in 2006. My focus of studies, courses and research has been in the areas of literacy/cognition and academic success and the changing role of the school-based speech-language pathologist. I came to work at IHM in 2005. Along with working here at IHM, I am also an Assistant Professor at the University of Cincinnati teaching graduate level classes in Authentic Assessment and Literacy. I have been invited to do presentations at the local, state, and national levels on the topics of authentic assessment, language/literacy and classroom success, the collaborative process among teachers & special educators and the changing role of the school-based SLP. I have published articles and newsletters in state and national publications.
My husband and I both grew up in Anderson Township and graduated from Turpin High School. We have 2 children. Our son, Chase, is a 7th grader here at IHM and our daughter, Meta, is a junior at St. Ursula Academy.
My Philosophy
Learning/literacy are active, interactive and social processes that continue to develop and evolve throughout one’s lifetime. All people learn in unique ways. Test scores do not capture the uniqueness processes of learners. Language/literacy are the foundational processes that drive ALL learning.