Linda Rector

Linda Rector, M.S., CCLS is an Independent Consultant in Houston, Texas. Ms. Rector is a Reach Out and Read Volunteer at the Good Neighbor Clinic in Houston, Texas. She served as a neonatal child life specialist for a number of years as well as a child life manager and child life specialist on a variety of units at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. Ms. Rector also worked as a child life specialist at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas; a child life fellow at...See more

Linda Rector, M.S., CCLS is an Independent Consultant in Houston, Texas. Ms. Rector is a Reach Out and Read Volunteer at the Good Neighbor Clinic in Houston, Texas. She served as a neonatal child life specialist for a number of years as well as a child life manager and child life specialist on a variety of units at Texas Children's Hospital in Houston, Texas. Ms. Rector also worked as a child life specialist at Driscoll Children's Hospital in Corpus Christi, Texas; a child life fellow at Children's Medical Center in Dallas, Texas; and a sixth-grade teacher at Calallen Independent School District in Corpus Christi, Texas. Ms. Rector graduated from The Ohio State University with a master of science degree in child development and from Texas Christian University with a bachelor of science degree in elementary education. She is a certified child life specialist and is certified in Texas as an elementary teacher with a kindergarten endorsement. In November 2001, Ms. Rector received the first annual Reba Michels Hill Award from Baylor College of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, Section of Neonatology. In 1993, she was a member of the psychosocial team from Baylor College of Medicine, Houston VA Hospital, and Texas Children's Hospital requested to work with children released from Ranch Apocalypse (the Branch Davidians' compound) in Waco, Texas. She has given a number of presentations and interviews on topics such as the education, training, and role of neonatal child life specialists, infant brain development, pain management for infants, and debriefing protocols for traumatized children. See less