Lanell Finneran is a certified secondary special education teacher and Registered Drama Therapist, Board Certified Trainer. She has taught for over twenty-seven years in both public and special day-school settings, including fourteen years at Southard School—Menninger, served on the NADT Board of Directors, is a current member of CEC, NEA, and NADT, and is an adjunct faculty member in drama therapy at Kansas State University. Lanell has received numerous awards, including USD #497 Secondary Teacher of the Year Award (2005), Kansas Educator of the Year in Arts and Disabilities from Accessible Arts, Inc. & the Kansas State Board of Education (2001), and the NADT Service Award (2001).
