UIndy Education Specialist and Master of Arts in School Psychology Faculty

Areas of Expertise

Assessment and interventions for P-12 students, executive functioning, trauma-informed practices

Background

Dr. Welch is a licensed school psychologist in Indiana, as well as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist (NCSP). She has taught assessment and intervention courses for general and special education teachers, drawing on her experience in public-schools and as the co-author of Engaging Exceptional Students: A Primer for Collaboration and Positive Classroom Management. She also works in a private practice, focusing on comprehensive evaluations and therapeutic interventions for neurodiverse children and adults. 

Research Interests

Students with disabilities and the school to prison pipeline (STPP), the role general education teachers play in the STPP, school discipline in correctional confinement and public-school settings, and transition for students in correctional confinement to community settings

Education

• PhD, School Psychology, Indiana University - Bloomington

• MS. Ed., Learning and Developmental Science, Indiana University - Bloomington

• BA, Psychology, University of Louisville

• AAS,  Human Services, Jefferson Community and Technical College

Fun Fact

When I am not seeing to my interim director duties or my private practice profession, I can be found traveling around the southeastern United States, or hiking my way through Indiana’s state parks.

Favorite Thing About UIndy

The close-knit community feeling