ABOUT THE FOUNDER and Head of School
Dr. DANA JUDD, B.S. IN PSYCHOLOGY, M.ED IN SPECIAL EDUCATION, Ed.d in k-12 educational leadership, CALT, LDT, IMSLEC, ALTA, ACsI CERTIFIED
After graduating with her BS in Psychology, Dr. “Dana” Judd married her best friend Joel on October 15th, 1994. Joel is a physical therapist and owns two private practice clinics in Colleyville and Southlake. They have four beautiful children – two daughters, Kathryne and Karolyne, and two sons, Kaleb and Karson. Their kids are one of the most important parts of their lives. All four of their children struggle with the learning disabilities of ADHD, dyslexia and dysgraphia. Their struggles energized Dr. Dana to pursue a master’s degree in Special Education and specialization in Multi-sensory Instruction from Dallas Baptist University. Dr. Dana has her doctorate in Educational Leadership from Dallas Baptist University, concentrating on the emotional effects of the learning different student.
Through her specialization study at The Shelton School in Dallas, Dr. Dana obtained a certification as an academic language therapist (CALT), in addition to a Dyslexia Therapist licensure for the state of Texas. Her time with The Shelton School was inspirational. It provided in-depth instruction in brain learning, ADHD, autism, dyslexia, other learning disabilities, diagnosis, and evaluation, as well as the emotional components of anxiety and behavior. Dr. Dana is certified as an ACSI educator and administrator with a specialization certification.
Over the last 20+ years, she has taught in many different private education environments but privately tutored and provided academic language therapy to public, private, and homeschool students across the metroplex. Dr. Dana has always been known to be the teacher with “heart” whose classroom is “A Safe Place to Learn,” but now she has created this environment in all the classrooms within Inspire Academy. She loves teaching students “outside the box”!
