Education
- Bachelor of Arts, International Studies, University of Oregon
- Master of Education, Special Education, University of Utah
- Ph.D., Special Education, University of Utah. Project: The relation between specific decoding and spelling skills in elementary students
Biography
Dr. Kelly C. Patrick is Director of the University of Utah Reading Clinic (UURC) in the College of Education. Dr. Patrick has led clinical practica in reading instruction and intervention for Utah educators since 2014. She is involved in on-going development of instructional curricula and strategies to support struggling readers in all aspects of reading across tiers, including explicit instruction of academic vocabulary, word structures, and morphology. Her work has been published in a number of scholarly journals, including Reading Research Quarterly, Journal of Research in Reading, Language, Speech, and Hearing Services in Schools and Assessment for Effective Intervention.
Research Summary
Research, theory and practice in: • word work (spelling, morphology) instruction • word recognition instruction • intervention models for at-risk and struggling readers • teacher professional development in reading instruction and intervention