Nell R. Carvell, M.A., C.A.L.T. 
Senior Advisor
Southern Methodist University Preschool Teacher Education 

Email: ncarvell@leapsandbounds.org 
Telephone: 214-987-0267

Nell Carvell is the Director of Southern Methodist University's Preschool Initiatives Program, and the author of the Language Enrichment Activities Program (LEAP). Ms. Carvell has over thirty years teaching experience including classroom, teacher training, and individual therapy with children with learning differences.  For the past ten years, with funding from the Texas Instruments Foundation, Head Start of Greater Dallas and the Texas Education Agency, she has directed a research study using the LEAP - Cone Center model. This award winning program is currently being implemented in Head Start and Early Childhood programs in urban and rural settings across the United States.  By mid-2003, over 40,000 children had participated in LEAP.