About Bolster Learning Systems
Mission Statement
To serve parents, educators, and health professionals in identifying young children who may be at risk for language and early learning disadvantages. Our goal is for every child to reach their academic potential through early identification of learning profiles, by educating parents, teachers, and health professionals about the whole child, and by appreciating that each of us has innate strengths to celebrate and weaknesses to bolster.
Vision
With a deeper understanding of each child’s learning profile, instruction and early intervention can be individualized to foster growth and academic success for every child.
Motto
Celebrate Strengths. Bolster Weaknesses.
Meet the Developers of WELL
Barbara Ekelman, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a certified, licensed speech-language pathologist and learning specialist in private practice, Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences, College of Arts and Sciences, and Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, School of Medicine, Case Western Reserve University (CWRU). More
Debra A. Dutka, M.A., CCC-SLP began her career at the Cleveland Hearing and Speech Center where she became Coordinator of the Pediatric Speech-Language Services Department and the Language-Learning Disabilities Program. More
Meet Our Advisors
Charlotte G. Andrist, Ph.D., NCSP is a psychologist and special educator. More
Karen E. Dakin, M.Ed., began her career in Cleveland as co-director of the Learning Assessment Clinic (LAC) at the Cleveland Clinic Foundation. More
Joyce Hedrick, M.Ed. is a language/literacy specialist with an interest in dyslexia and related disorders. More
Barbara A. Lewis, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is a Professor in the Department of Psychological Sciences and an adjunct Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, OH. More
Ivy Lewis, BSJ, MA, JD trained as a journalist, historian, and attorney and home schooled her three children during their elementary and middle school years. More
Robert Needlman, M.D. practices and teaches Developmental and Behavioral Pediatrics at MetroHealth Medical Center and is Professor of Pediatrics at Case Western Reserve University. More
Karen St. Amour, M.A. is a certified, licensed learning disabilities teacher specializing in dyslexia. More
Steven Wexberg, M.D., FAAP, has been practicing general pediatrics for over thirty years. More
Stacy Williams, Ph.D., CCC-SLP is the founder of SimuCase and Chief Operations Officer at Allied Health Media. More