About Brilliant Minz
Dr. Donna Griffin, drawing on decades of experience in the education space, created Brilliant Minz to provide tools for students and all those who support them. There is a plethora of information and resources available online, but it may or may not have been vetted. The resources on this site are all research-based using Science of Reading and/or recent dyslexia research.
Brilliant Minz offers services, resources, and information for parents seeking ways to help their children with reading/learning challenges and for teachers seeking ways to more effectively teach and meet the needs of their students facing these challenges. School administrators seeking ways to equip teachers to more effectively meet the needs of their students can find materials, resources and opportunities for teacher support.
Brilliant Minz aims to meet the needs of parents, schools, and students by:
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Equipping parents, teachers, and school administrators to more effectively help children of all learning styles learn, grow, and thrive.
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Providing easy, centralized access to Dr. Griffin’s work and to information about her tutoring and professional development services.
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Passing Dr. Griffin’s knowledge and experience on to the next generation of educators and students.
Mission
The mission of Brilliant Minz is to provide students, including those with reading challenges, the tools they need to rise up and reach their full potential.
Meet Dr. Griffin
Dr. Donna Griffin specializes in supporting reluctant and tangled readers to develop confidence and improve reading, writing, and spelling skills. She is also skilled at working with students with reading in subject areas and test-taking skills.
Dr. Griffin has spent a lifetime dedicated to fostering a love for learning and helping students achieve academic success. She retired from education after 20 years in public school and 5 years in a private Christian school. She has taught students grades K-8 during her career.
Dr. Griffin graduated from Tarleton State University with degrees in Music and Elementary Education. She went on to earn a Masters Degree, Master Reading Teacher Certificate, and PhD from Grand Canyon University. She received her certification in 1989 and also holds specialist certifications in reading, special education, and English as a Second Language.
In addition to her work in the classroom, Dr. Griffin has trained teachers and mentored them through The Learning Network and district coaching programs. She has spoken at a number of district, state, and national teacher conferences on topics such as Connecting Reading and Writing, Supporting all Learners, Reading and Writing Workshop, and Dyslexia and the General Ed. Classroom.
Dr. Griffin is active in her church and with the Explorer unit of an American Heritage Girls troop. She also enjoys gardening and crafting. She lives in Arlington, Texas, with her three cats, Patches, Sophie, and Dexter.