The Learning Spectrum is proud to welcome Dr. Mary Salmon to our family! Mary will be joining our team as our Senior Director of Education as we kick off our 2018-2019 school year!
Dr. Mary has worked in the field of Special Education for more years than she can count (40 of
them if we are counting). She holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Special Education and General Education from Northern Michigan University, a Masters of Education degree in Multi-handicapped Education from the University of Memphis and a doctorate from The Ohio State University. She maintains doctoral certification in Applied Behavior Analysis and is a Board Certified Behavior Analyst (BCBA-D). She holds teaching licensure in the areas of Early Childhood Special Education, K-12 moderate-intensive and general education K-6.
Dr. Mary began her career as an Intervention Specialist serving students in public school systems and has lived and worked in Iowa, Tennessee, Missouri, Louisiana, Georgia, Washington, Minnesota, Texas and Ohio. Dr. Mary has taught graduate and undergraduate level special education courses at The Ohio State University, mentoring many talented intervention specialists over the years.
Prior to coming to TLS, she was a special education coordinator and REACH Program manager with Columbus City Schools. She is the proud mother of 4 adult children, 3 awesome grandchildren,1 super foster son and Nother–her mastiff puppy. (Nother is in training to be the world’s greatest therapy dog.). In her spare time, she enjoys living on 9 secluded acres in the Hocking Hills, reading, sewing and doing needlework.