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Phone
(785)236-3565

Email

bedfordnelsonevals@outlook.com

Kelli Nelson provides Independent Educational Evaluations and Advocacy for school-aged learners.

Independently Contracted School Psychologist services are also available to schools.

Bedford-Nelson also provides Individual Mental Health Therapy for adults ages 18-65 years via Telehealth.

currently available for hire and taking new clients

Hello, I share my professional credentials below. To personally introduce myself, I’d like to share that I love the work I do as a school psychologist. My job is like being a detective for academic and social/emotional need. I enjoy digging into cases, analyzing data, and getting to know the children I evaluate. Determining that a disability is present and what specifically that disability is, is the first step to designing programming to target deficits as a means to remediation. This process requires focused intentional measures to ensure all needed areas are evaluated, while also streamlining the process.

I also am available for mental health therapy services for adults ages 18-65yrs. I currently am available via telehealth for therapy services. I believe my education and life experiences both assist in a greater understanding of underlying issues and how to help set up plans of action to make positive life changes by addressing root issues.

Psychology, education, and counseling run in my family. My mom and dad were both school psychologists in the public school systems in the 80s and 90s. Both started as teachers and my dad also went into counseling. My dad has since passed, but I’m pretty certain, if he were here, he’d be taking on this independent endeavor with me. He never liked to be left out of the fun. My maiden name is Bedford, my married name is Nelson, by using both as my business name, it’s like having him along side me.

I have three young children of my own. I put my heart and soul into my cases, because when my children are struggling, I expect nothing less from the professionals who support their academic and social/emotional needs.

I also believe that most people who struggle with mental health issues can make positive changes with professional support to improve quality of life dramatically. It can be hard to see inside our own issues, we are too close to them. Sometimes support is necessary to make minor changes for big improvements and/or to target root issues to repair areas of hurt versus just throwing on a band-aid.

My Background

I am an experienced educator, psychologist, and counselor. Having worked in the Kansas school systems for more than 20 years, I know children and how the system works. I worked as a special education teacher for almost 10 years before working as a Nationally Certified School Psychologist for another 12 years. I have been identifying educational needs, writing plans to serve those needs, and carrying out targeted instruction for more than 2 decades. I have also worked on and off as a Licensed Professional Counselor, currently working towards my clinical license.

  • Identifying your child’s educational needs and helping you advocate for them.

  • Providing independently contracted school psychologist services to schools in need of such supports

  • Identifying your mental health needs and helping you make changes for improvements in quality of life.