Judi’s Bio

Education and Accreditation

1985 M.Ed. (Special Education / Learning Disabilities) (with Honors) CBN University (now Regent Univ.) Virginia Beach, VA

1968 M.A. (Special Education / Preschool, Culturally Disadvantaged) University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

1967 B.S. (French Secondary Education) University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL

Professional experience 

2020-2023  Special Needs consultant: Bedford County VA; Special Needs Homeschool student

1999-2020 Special Needs Educational Consultant and Diagnostic Evaluator.  HIS Place for Help in School. 

2008 Virginia Beach VA, December 15, 2008, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court, Expert Witness.

2005 Colonial Heights Circuit Court,April 29, 2005, Juvenile and Domestic Relations District Court.  Expert Witness.

2003  Fairfax County, Circuit Court, January 15/16, 2003. Certified Expert Witness: 

2001  Advisor,  Chesapeake SPEAR: Special Education Parents and Educators Advocating for Our Rights, Chesapeake VA

2001-2005  Consultant/Editor, Curriculum Unit Development, Modern Red Schoolhouse (Nashville, TN) (NPO; school reform)

1999-2020  Owner and Sole Proprietor – HIS Place for Help in School: Educational Consulting and Diagnostic Testing Services, Speaker

1998-2001  Teacher: Teacher ESL Language (part-time), Grades 3-5. Chesapeake Public Schools, Crestwood Intermediate School, Chesapeake, VA

1993-2001  Adjunct Instructor: Regent University, School of Education, Virginia Beach, VA

      Teaching At-Risk Students

      Identifying and Assessing At-Risk Children

      Teaching/Assessing Students with Learning Differences

      Learner Disabilities / Learner Differences

      Internship-Mental Retardation (instructional team member)

1991   Reviewer, Special Education Model Curriculum, Virginia Department of Education (Dr. Patricia Abrams, Project Director)

1987-1999  Teacher: Learning Disabilities (Self-Contained and Resource) Grades 3-8. Retired, Chesapeake Public Schools, Chesapeake, VA

1982-1984  Teacher, Learning Disabilities, Hampton Christian Schools: Elementary and High School

1981-1982  Supervisor/Lead Teacher, Grace Bible School, Gloucester, VA. K-12

1980-1981  Supervisor/Teacher, Lead Hopesville Christian Academy, Gloucester, VA

Professional activities

2018  Workshop Weekend series,  Latter Day Saints Home Educators, Williamsburg VA

2013  Speaker at Greater Roanoke Home Educators meeting in April 2013

2011  Homeschool Success Seminar, for Home Educators Association of Virginia, April 12, 2011, Richmond, VA

2010 Workshop presenter, LDS Eastern Home Educators Conference, Southern Virginia University, Buena Vista, Virginia, May 27-28, 2010

2010 Workshop presenter,Christian Homeschoolers of Hawaii annual convention, Honolulu, March 12-13, 2010; Honolulu, March 10-19, 2010

2010 Speaker, Learning Disabilities Association annual convention, Baltimore, February 20, 2010

2009 Workshop presenter, Louisiana Homeschoolers annual convention, Baton Rouge, April 2009

2008 2-day weekend workshop presenter for Greater Roanoke (VA) Home Educators: Principles of Effective Instruction; When to Have a Child Tested for Special Needs; Choosing and Using Curriculum; Study Tools and Alternative Assessments. March 14-15, 2008

2001-2008, 2010-2019 Home Educators Association of Virginia; Annual Conventions; Speaker on a wide variety of special needs topics; Special Needs Panel participant

2001 Advisor, Chesapeake SPEAR: Special Education Parents and Educators Advocating for Our Rights

2000-2001 Advocate for Students with Special Education Needs: 35-hour training course in Advocacy; Endependence Center, Norfolk, Virginia

1999-2000 Co-editor and Scriptwriter for Dream Academy under Dr. Joan Johnson, School of Education, Regent University, Virginia Beach, VA

1998-1999 “Virginia View” Advisory Board Member, Virginia Tech University: Transition Planning Program available for students and community

Publications

2016  Judith B. Munday, Teaching a Child with Special Needs at Home and at School: Strategies and Tools that Really Work!, WestBow Press, 2016       

2016 “Knowing What Matters Most,” The Home School Court Report (HSLDA), vol. 32 no. 3, pp. 50-52 (“Special Needs & Struggling Learners” section).

2012-2020 The Old Schoolhouse Magazine (SchoolhouseTeachers.com), contributor of numerous articles on special needs topics

2008  Judith B. Munday, “Homeschooling the Special Needs Child,” in Celebrating Special Children: Virginia Statewide Edition 2008-09. Information and Resources for Families of Children of all Ages with Special Needs in the Commonwealth,  McLean, VA 22102

2008  Judith B. Munday, The Student Education PlanA Preparation Guide. Self-published. Chesapeake, VA, 2008, Revised 2018,  61 pp..

2012-2016  SchoolhouseTeachers.com.  A division of The Old Schoolhouse© Magazine – Judi authored monthly online lesson in her series on understanding, recognizing, and overcoming language-based learning disabilities.

2003  Home Educators Association of Virginia Manual.  Judith B. Munday, Author/Editor for articles in Section J: Special Needs. HEAV, Richmond VA.

1988 Co-author (with Dr. John C. Munday Jr.) of elementary science workbook, “Life Science,” accompanying CBN’s Life Science Creation Video (Virginia Beach, VA: CBN Publishing)

Objective Accreditation

Postgraduate Professional License, Commonwealth of Virginia: French Language Instruction. Pre-K–12; Endorsement: Special Education/Learning Disabilities K–12. Valid through June 30, 2014.

Memberships and Honors

  • Learning Disabilities Association of America
  • National Association of Special Education Teachers (NASET)
  • Home Educators Association of Virginia
  • 2008 listing in National Association of Professional and Executive Women

Family, Interests, and Activities

Judi has been married for 55+ years to Dr. John C. Munday Jr. . They have three wonderful married children, Brandon, Sarah, and John Sherrod. Their children, their spouses, and their 10 grandchildren are a major joy in her life. She attends Great Bridge Presbyterian Church, Chesapeake, VA. She enjoys growing orchids and is trying to finish work on a Two-Gray Hills rug she began weaving many years ago on an authentic Navajo-style loom. She and her husband enjoy their collection of over 40 authentic Navajo Indian rugs and miniature Indian pots.  John and Judi frequently travel to the Southwest. In 2016, Judi and John  fulfilled the top trip on her bucket list by spending a month in France where her French undergraduate major enabled her to speak fluently during the entire visit!  What a miracle!  

Judi says “In my teaching career, I have sought both to attain excellence and to inspire graduate students, many student teachers, and younger students to reach for excellence — even when it requires overcoming great challenges. It is my desire that young students become self-sufficient and that their parents become fully equipped to carry out their key role in the lives of their children. In working with student teachers and graduate students, I have attempted to instill a love of excellence seasoned with a dose of the “real world” of teaching in public school settings. In my private practice, I work to educate and encourage parents of my clients to learn about their child’s unique needs and to become the primary educators in their children’s lives. These principles underlie all my career objectives.”