Born in the "Heart of the Smokies", Knoxville, Tennessee, Dana (Scott) Spears graduated from the University of Tennessee before heading to the deep south and the University of Georgia. She earned her Ph.D. from the University of Georgia in Child and Family Development in 1983. After a stint as an Assistant Professor of Child Development at Lamar University in Texas, she returned to Georgia to be a child and family therapist at AlphaCare Therapy Services, in Atlanta where she worked until after her first child was born in 1993.

In 1996, her book Strong-Willed Child or Dreamer?, co-authored with Dr. Ron Braund was published by Thomas Nelson. Dr. Spears is a frequent radio guest of Marriage and Family Today, WAFS, Atlanta and has appeared on television and radio around the country. For fun she writes guest columns in the Times-Herald newspaper in Newnan, Georgia. A home-school teacher, Dr. Spears limits her work away from home to speaking at seminars for parents, women, singles, couples and home-school and classroom teachers. She and her husband Phillip have three children: Anna Kate 7, Maggie 5, and Benjamin 3. They live outside Atlanta, Georgia with their dog, two cats, two guinea pigs, and numerous fish.

Dr. Spear's upcoming projects include a book for singles with the working title: The Lies Singles Believe and a book about adult dreamers.

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For a complete list of seminars on tape, e-mail Dr. Spears at danaspears@springmail.com