Melody Herring, M.Ed., LDT, CALT-QI, RPED

Melody has worked in public education for more than 20 years. She has served as a special education and general education teacher, elementary and middle school campus administrator, a dyslexia therapist, and an educational diagnostician. She received both her undergraduate degree in Psychology and her Masters degree in Educational Administration from Texas Woman’s University. She worked on her Educational Diagnostician credentials for certification through Midwestern State University and is a Registered Professional Educational Diagnostician through Texas Professional Educational Diagnosticians.

Melody is also a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) and a Qualified Instructor (QI). As a CALT, she is trained to provide diagnostic, explicit, systematic Multisensory Structured Language intervention which builds a high degree of accuracy, knowledge, and independence for students with written-language disorders, including dyslexia. A Qualified Instructor (QI) has earned the credentials necessary to teach professionals to become a Certified Academic Language Therapist (CALT) through an accredited International Multisensory Structured Language Education Council (IMSLEC) training center. Melody is approved to offer training in Take Flight: A Comprehensive Intervention for Students with Dyslexia which was developed by staff at the Luke Waites Center for Dyslexia and Learning Disorders at Scottish Rite for Children (SRC) in Dallas, Texas. Melody completed her CALT and QI training through McKinney Christian Academy - Multisensory Teacher Training (MCA-MTT) where she is currently contracted as an instructor. Melody is a Licensed Dyslexia Therapist in the state of Texas.