Who we are....

Applied Learning Processes, established in 1993, is owned and directed by Billie Calvery, M.S.Ed. Billie is an educator with classroom experience in secondary level language arts. She received her Master of Science degree in curriculum and instruction with a predicate in reading education including course work in testing and diagnosis. Since 1989, she has been involved in testing and diagnosis of learning problems and the utilization of Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes'®* programs. (Applied Learning Processes is NOT Lindamood-Bell Learning Processes nor is it affiliated with, certified, endorsed, licensed, monitored or sponsored by Lindamood-Bell, Nanci Bell, Phyllis Lindamood or Pat Lindamood.  Lindamood-Bell - an international organization creating and implementing unique instructional methods and programs for quality intervention to advance language and literacy skills - in no way endorses or monitors the services provided by Applied Learning Processes.)

She received her initial training in these methods at the Sosland Learning Processes Clinic, a program of Crittenton, a children's psychiatric facility in Kansas City, Missouri. Her duties at Sosland included both clinical practice and the supervision and training of clinicians. In 1992 and 1993, she was employed by the Lindamood-Bell®* organization as a consultant and clinical coordinator. In addition to ongoing training of clinical staff, she has provided teacher training and consultation for classroom teachers and special education staff. She has been a repeat presenter for various learning disabilities societies, for in-service meetings for psychologists, physicians, speech pathologists, and teachers, and for graduate-level reading and psychology classes

Billie is assisted in directing Applied Learning Processes by Melinda Buie, M.A.Ed. Melinda and Billie have worked together in clinical practice and teacher training since 1990. They supervise a clinic staff that undergoes in-depth and on-going training in procedures based on the latest research findings regarding learning processes. Both the individualized lessons for each student and the teaching skills of our clinicians are monitored continually.