De Facto Leaders
By Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan
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On the De Facto Leaders podcast, host Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan helps pediatric therapists and educators become better leaders, so they can make a bigger impact with their services. With over 15 years of experience supporting school-age kids with diverse learning needs, Dr. Karen shares up-to-date evidence-based practices, her own experiences and guest interviews designed to help clinicians, teachers, and aspiring school leaders feel more confident in the way they serve their students and clients. She’ll cover a range of topics designed to help you support students' emotional and academic growth and set kids up for success in adulthood, including how to support language, literacy, executive functioning, and how to help IEP teams working together to support kids across the day. Whether you want to learn more effective strategies for your therapy session or classroom, be a more influential leader on your team, or find creative ways to use your skills to advance in your career, Dr. Karen has you covered.
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Embracing Cross-Pollination, High-Quality Tutoring, and Agile Leadership for Student Success (with Dr. Kate Anderson Foley)
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May 28, 2025 |
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The School Leader's Guide to Executive Functioning Support
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May 21, 2025 |
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Executive Functioning Summer Camp (with Eric Smith)
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May 14, 2025 |
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A Speech Pathologist's Journey Through Brain Surgery and Recovery (with Ana Hernandez)
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May 07, 2025 |
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SEEing to Lead: Collaborating for Better Literacy (with Karen Dudek-Brannan)
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Apr 30, 2025 |
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Re-Release: ADHD and the Appeal to Nature Fallacy
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Apr 23, 2025 |
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The Art of Decluttering and Habit Stacking for Clinicians (with Marisha Mets)
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Apr 16, 2025 |
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Goals and Accommodations for Executive Functioning
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Apr 09, 2025 |
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FAQs: Task-based goals vs. strategy goals, scaffolding for semantics and syntax, and going from decontextualized to contextualized
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Apr 02, 2025 |
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Making professional development and programming goals meaningful (with John Mihalyo)
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Mar 26, 2025 |
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Failure to launch, screen addiction, and preparing kids for life after high school (with Michael McLeod)
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Mar 19, 2025 |
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FAQs: What if my district is still promoting three-cueing?
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Mar 12, 2025 |
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Using the essential 5 to build vocabulary and syntax in secondary school (with Amy Baugh)
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Mar 05, 2025 |
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Using digital resources to improve team collaboration and combat therapist burnout (with Dr. Karen Rose)
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Feb 26, 2025 |
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Frontloading, explicit instruction, and providing the “right” amount of support
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Feb 19, 2025 |
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Public perception of education, positive role models, and keeping good leaders in schools (featuring Dan Kelley, Dr. Joseph Williams, and Danny Bauer)
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Feb 12, 2025 |
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Swallowing and feeding intervention in the schools (with Carolyn Dolby)
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Feb 05, 2025 |
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Supporting underrepresented families with “Families and Educators Together” Teams (with Ari Gerzon-Kessler)
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Jan 29, 2025 |
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How to run a high-value, no-drama PTO (with Christina Hidek)
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Jan 22, 2025 |
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Empowering educators to support mental health at the Tier 1 level (with Dr. Hayley Watson)
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Jan 15, 2025 |
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Scaffolding, fading prompts, and the importance of parent and teacher coaching (with Rebecca Robbins)
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Jan 08, 2025 |
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FAQs: Language therapy goals and "observable behaviors" vs "strategy goals".
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Jan 01, 2025 |
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FAQs: Language evaluations, data, doctoral programs and expanding clinical career options.
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Dec 25, 2024 |
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Salary and caseload negotiations and expanding your career opportunities (with Rachel Archambault)
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Dec 18, 2024 |
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Using Distance Learning to Increase Access and Opportunity (with Seth Fleischauer)
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Dec 11, 2024 |
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Building confidence, positive self-talk, and strategic planning skills for writing (with Dr. Nelly Kaakaty)
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Dec 04, 2024 |
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High-impact tutoring and branding your academic coaching services (with David Schipper)
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Nov 27, 2024 |
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A behind-the-scenes look at EdTech startups and curriculum companies (with Ross Romano)
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Nov 20, 2024 |
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Reframing the purpose of social narratives, video modeling, and social skills lesson plans
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Nov 13, 2024 |
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Scaffolding syntax and semantics for non-readers and redefining life skills
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Nov 06, 2024 |
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Dynamic Assessment: Evaluations are a process, not a test (with Destiny Johnson)
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Oct 30, 2024 |
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Supporting multilingual students and taking part in state and national advocacy work (with Puja Goel and Prabhu Eswaran)
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Oct 23, 2024 |
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Is it a behavior issue or a language and literacy issue?
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Oct 16, 2024 |
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Defining educational technology and considering homework equity issues
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Oct 09, 2024 |
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Morphology hierarchies, etymology, and reframing the “joy” of reading.
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Oct 02, 2024 |
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Leveraging read-alouds to build language and getting started with advocacy work (with Dr. Molly Ness)
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Sep 25, 2024 |
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Developmental language disorder: Impacts on literacy and life beyond school (with Dr. Karla McGregor)
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Sep 20, 2024 |
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The relationship of literacy and language skills and involvement with the justice system (with Dr. Shameka Stewart)
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Sep 18, 2024 |
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Increasing book equity and fostering a love of reading (with Susan Brady)
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Sep 13, 2024 |
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Are we allowed to say “dyslexia” in the schools? (with Tom Parton)
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Sep 11, 2024 |
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Debunking reading myths and defining literacy buzzwords (with Anna Geiger)
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Sep 06, 2024 |
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Building the language skills for reading, writing, and spelling (with Dr. Jan Wasowicz)
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Sep 04, 2024 |
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Re-release: The impact of texting on literacy and the skills needed for effective word-reading
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Aug 28, 2024 |
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Creating a culture of collaboration on your school team (with Kurtis Hewson)
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Aug 21, 2024 |
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School leadership and middle management (with Chris Dodge and Dr. Chris Jones)
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Aug 14, 2024 |
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Increasing attendance with student engagement and connectedness (with Jen Perry)
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Aug 07, 2024 |
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Social-emotional learning for adults (featuring Crissy Mombela, Lisa Navarra, and Dr. Theresa Melito-Conners)
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Jul 31, 2024 |
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Making intentional decisions and leaning on the expertise of your team (with Dr. Jen Schwanke)
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Jul 24, 2024 |
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How to support executive functioning with environmental scaffolding (self-talk, time-perception, planning)
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Jul 17, 2024 |
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What do administrators need from school therapists and teachers? (featuring Eric Makelky, Jalita Johnson, and Jethro Jones)
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Jul 10, 2024 |
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A framework for executive functioning intervention: Three shifts for school teams
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Jul 03, 2024 |
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The role of syntax in supporting language processing and executive functioning
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Jun 26, 2024 |
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Turning litigious situations in to reading reform initiatives (with Mary Saghafi and Shannon Betts)
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Jun 19, 2024 |
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The content + strategy + retrieval trifecta for language and executive functioning (with Katy Wyatt)
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Jun 12, 2024 |
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Experiential learning and cultivating a passion for the outdoors (with Greg Morrissey)
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Jun 05, 2024 |
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The summer slide: Real phenomenon or invented by tutoring companies? (with David Schipper)
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May 29, 2024 |
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Why aren’t they participating? Rethinking family engagement in special education (with Dr. Kristin Vogel-Campbell)
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May 22, 2024 |
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BONUS: The Authority: Executive Functions for Every Classroom with Mitch Weathers
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May 15, 2024 |
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Turning disagreements in to alliances in K-12 education (with Dr. Barb Flowers)
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May 08, 2024 |
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Comorbidities and Differential Diagnosis (ADHD, DLD, Dyslexia)
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May 01, 2024 |
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Literacy and background knowledge: Essential skills for life (with Dr. Pamela Snow)
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Apr 24, 2024 |
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Unpacking the early literacy debate and building a foundation in PreK (with Jane Gebers)
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Apr 17, 2024 |
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Using AI to write IEP goals and manage service plans (with Sean Klamm)
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Apr 10, 2024 |
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Becoming a literacy leader and advocating for the right to read (with Brianna Guild)
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Apr 03, 2024 |
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Therapy session structure, narrative language, and commentary on gestalt language processing
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Mar 27, 2024 |
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Debriefing, de-escalation, and relationship repair (with Crissy Mombela)
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Mar 20, 2024 |
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The cost of caring: Compassion fatigue in education and healthcare (with Crissy Mombela)
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Mar 13, 2024 |
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Does your SYSTEM support your policy and your curriculum? (with Jalita Johnson)
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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BONUS: SEEing to Lead: Seeing the whole staircase (with Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan)
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Feb 28, 2024 |
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Am I influencing or trying to control? Reframing advocacy and clinical leadership (with Candice Noss)
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Feb 21, 2024 |
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Audiobooks, homework research, and the "read for 20 minutes" rule
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Feb 14, 2024 |
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Unlocking success through sensory processing and team collaboration (with Maude Le Roux)
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Feb 07, 2024 |
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High school language therapy: Do we still have time to make an impact? (with Tiffany Shahoumian-Ruiz)
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Jan 31, 2024 |
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The six stages of financial independence for therapists and educators (with Ben Hockema)
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Jan 24, 2024 |
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Building financial literacy from elementary school through adulthood (with Ben Hockema)
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Jan 17, 2024 |
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Becoming a school founder and empowering students through project-based learning (with Tanya Sheckley)
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Jan 10, 2024 |
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Developing a cultural competemility mindset for educators and clinicians (with Melanie Evans)
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Jan 03, 2024 |
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Are we being too child-focused in our therapy planning?
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Dec 27, 2023 |
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No, kids do not learn to read and write naturally (with Melanie Brethour)
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Dec 20, 2023 |
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Creating an intentional career and life with alter egos (with Meg Niman)
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Dec 13, 2023 |
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Cell phones, 1:1 device initiatives, and homework policies in K-12 education (with Dr. John Burkey)
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Dec 06, 2023 |
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Increasing access to instructional programs in rural districts (with Chris Dodge)
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Nov 29, 2023 |
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Why aren’t my students generalizing? (social skills groups, organizing tools)
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Nov 22, 2023 |
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BONUS: Accessible career exploration in K-12 education (with Matthew Chaussee)
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Nov 15, 2023 |
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Time blindness, anxiety, and behavior management
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Nov 09, 2023 |
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How to read the room, speak with confidence, and sell your ideas (with Roberta Ndlela)
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Nov 01, 2023 |
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How to help teens get comfortable with discomfort and pursue meaningful work (with Joey Mascio)
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Oct 25, 2023 |
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Is K-12 education preparing kids for the workforce? (with The Fabulous Learning Nerds)
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Oct 18, 2023 |
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Perspective-taking for therapists, educators, and school leaders (with Lynn Hardin)
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Oct 11, 2023 |
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What are tech and curriculum companies doing for K-12 education? (with Meg Hearn)
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Oct 04, 2023 |
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Using private practice to offer accessible services and advocate for your profession (with Ebony Green)
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Sep 27, 2023 |
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Professional learning communities and curriculum reform in public and private education (with Tom Conroy)
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Sep 20, 2023 |
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Using K-12 education to create opportunities and find your calling (with Dr. Joseph Williams III)
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Sep 13, 2023 |
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Should I get my doctorate? (with Dr. Christy Borders)
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Sep 06, 2023 |
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Behind the scenes of a K-12 staffing company (with Ryan Cleaveland)
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Aug 30, 2023 |
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The Authority: Baruti Kafele on The Equity & Social Justice Education 50
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Aug 23, 2023 |
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Time perception, anxiety, and future pacing
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Aug 16, 2023 |
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Meditation for educators and the art of giving 85% (with Danny Bauer)
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Aug 09, 2023 |
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Creating equitable systems for K-12 math (with Jonathan Regino)
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Aug 02, 2023 |
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Executive functioning for college students: Beyond checklists and planners (with Jill Fahy)
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Jul 26, 2023 |
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Do we all have an inner voice (and if not, should we try to develop one)?
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Jul 19, 2023 |
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Career transitions and improv for educators and therapists (with Aimee Davis)
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Jul 12, 2023 |
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Teacher-centered leadership (with Dr. Chris Jones)
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Jul 05, 2023 |
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Coaching aspiring leaders in school turn-around and community outreach (with Edward Gordon II)
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Jun 28, 2023 |
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Post-traumatic growth and 1-minute interventions (with Dr. Mike Gaskell)
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Jun 21, 2023 |
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Leveraging the power of teletherapy to provide high-quality services (with Lynne Inabnitt)
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Jun 14, 2023 |
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Trauma-informed care for therapists, teachers, and school leaders (with Rachel Archambault)
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Jun 07, 2023 |
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Do school leaders need coaching? (with Dan Kelley)
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May 31, 2023 |
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Making literacy accessible and equitable (with Cassandra Williams)
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May 24, 2023 |
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How to "lead up" to your school administrator (with Jethro Jones)
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May 17, 2023 |
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Supporting self-regulation in K-12 kids (with Lisa Navarra)
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May 10, 2023 |
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Empathy, masking, and situational awareness
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May 03, 2023 |
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Can my principal evaluate me if they've never done my job? (with Eric Makelky)
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Apr 26, 2023 |
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How to do multilingual evaluations as a monolingual therapist (with Meg Morgan)
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Apr 19, 2023 |
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How to make social skills intervention evidence-based and neurodiversity-affirming
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Apr 12, 2023 |
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Trauma, reactive attachment disorder, and supporting families (with Sharon Fuller)
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Apr 05, 2023 |
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Do video games improve cognitive performance?
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Mar 29, 2023 |
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Unions, collective bargaining, and getting your voice heard (with Michael Campbell)
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Mar 22, 2023 |
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Self-care cabaret for teachers, therapists, and school leaders (with Dr. Theresa-Melito Conners)
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Mar 15, 2023 |
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The science of reading: A team approach (with Brett Stevens)
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Mar 08, 2023 |
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How school therapists can lead schools in providing district-wide executive functioning supports
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Mar 01, 2023 |
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Working with your building principal to create a win-win-win (with Dr. Gastrid Harrigan)
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Feb 22, 2023 |
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Cleft palate, resonance disorders, and market research (with Allison Fors)
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Feb 18, 2023 |
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How to become a children's book author (with Valerie Doherty)
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Feb 08, 2023 |
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Getting a “Yes” from your school administrator (with Marva Mount)
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Feb 01, 2023 |
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Supporting bilingualism in K-12 kids (with Briana Wagner)
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Jan 25, 2023 |
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Creating therapy materials to serve your caseload and build a business (with Hallie Sherman)
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Jan 18, 2023 |
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Using YouTube to support clients and foster innovation (with Clay Hadden)
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Jan 11, 2023 |
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Mistakes I made and points of clarity (working memory, attention, positive reinforcement)
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Jan 04, 2023 |
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Recovering from burnout (with Angie Merced)
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Dec 28, 2022 |
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How to help students generalize skills (even if you only see them once a week)
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Dec 21, 2022 |
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Creating grassroots movements to support kids in your community (with Merlin Anderson)
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Dec 14, 2022 |
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What district wide activities are relevant to school therapists?
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Dec 07, 2022 |
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De Facto Leaders: A New Show Title and Direction
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Nov 30, 2022 |
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What to do when the IEP team doesn't agree
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Nov 23, 2022 |
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Navigating workplace conflict and getting team buy-in
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Nov 16, 2022 |
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Effective clinical supervision and creating leadership opportunities
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Nov 09, 2022 |
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Why you should plan for service delivery instead of planning for therapy
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Nov 02, 2022 |
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How to provide high-quality support for your caseload with the "asset stack" method
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Oct 26, 2022 |
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The Danger of the Comfort Zone
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Oct 19, 2022 |
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Whose job is it to work on executive functioning?
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Oct 12, 2022 |
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Career “test-runs” and calming your inner critic (with Stephanie Hayes)
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Oct 05, 2022 |
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The low-risk way to explore career pivots (for therapists)
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Sep 28, 2022 |
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The Levels of Clinical Leadership
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Sep 21, 2022 |
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Don’t avoid problems. Plan for them.
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Sep 14, 2022 |
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Creating assets and leverage to amplify the impact of your services
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Sep 07, 2022 |
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Therapists are leaders in disguise
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Aug 24, 2022 |
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Why "work-life balance" is unattainable (and what to do instead)
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Aug 17, 2022 |
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DLD, CAPD, dyslexia, hyperlexia and supporting literacy
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Aug 03, 2022 |
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How to make syntax instruction useful for the real world
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Jul 27, 2022 |
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What’s really causing “topic maintenance” issues?
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Jul 20, 2022 |
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Why I don't use language therapy goal banks
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Jul 13, 2022 |
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Defining Vocabulary: It's more complicated than you think
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Jul 06, 2022 |
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Language therapy: Managing info overload and misinformation
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Jun 29, 2022 |
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Rerelease: Burnout, boundaries, and systems
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Jun 22, 2022 |
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Are kids ready to work on complex sentences in early elementary school?
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Jun 15, 2022 |
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Navigating dyslexia and working memory goals
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Jun 08, 2022 |
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Childhood anxiety and mental health (with Dr. Ambroes Pass-Turner)
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Jun 01, 2022 |
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Building word-retrieval and independent word learning in K-12 kids
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May 25, 2022 |
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Traveling with autistic kids (with Dawn Barclay)
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May 18, 2022 |
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ADHD coaching for young adults (with Lori Melnitsky)
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May 11, 2022 |
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How to build social problem-solving skills (without being ableist)
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May 04, 2022 |
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Demystifying the “specific learning disability” (with Jil Stauter)
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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What to do when your child is stuttering (with Lauren Haines)
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Apr 20, 2022 |
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Life after high school: Are your kids ready? (with Kim Duckworth)
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Apr 13, 2022 |
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Collaboration, literacy, and surviving due process (with Joann Briggs)
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Apr 06, 2022 |
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Making sense of developmental milestones
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Mar 23, 2022 |
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Scaffolding: What it is and how to use it to help kids be more resilient (with Brittany Bohach)
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Mar 16, 2022 |
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Interpreting “challenging behaviors” and meltdowns (with Brittany Bohach)
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Mar 09, 2022 |
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Natural treatments and ADHD: Spotting the fallacy
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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The ins and outs of language screening (for school-age kids)
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Feb 23, 2022 |
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Are we "following the research" in education?
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Feb 16, 2022 |
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How to support language processing and comprehension in school-age kids (part 2)
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Feb 09, 2022 |
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How to support language processing and comprehension in school-age kids (part 1)
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Feb 02, 2022 |
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Building vocabulary skills in Kindergarten through high school
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Jan 26, 2022 |
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Supporting reading comprehension: What parents and professionals need to know
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Jan 19, 2022 |
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Re-release: Building discipline and self-management in elementary school through college.
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Jan 12, 2022 |
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Re-release: The Breaking Point
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Jan 05, 2022 |
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Cognitive distortions and ADHD
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Dec 29, 2021 |
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Ableism: What therapists, teachers, and caregivers need to know
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Dec 22, 2021 |
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Person-first vs identity-first language: Which one should I use?
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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Building skills for connection (with Miriam Campbell)
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Dec 08, 2021 |
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3 tips for introducing new foods to your kids.
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Dec 01, 2021 |
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How to help picky eaters (without bribing them with dessert)
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Nov 24, 2021 |
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Why you shouldn't assume "laziness" in neurodivergent kids
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Nov 17, 2021 |
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A case against "normal" and "appropriate" behavior
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Nov 10, 2021 |
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When "compliance" does more harm than good (with ADHD and Autism)
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Nov 03, 2021 |
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3 skills kids with ADHD need to overcome procrastination
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Oct 27, 2021 |
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Supporting executive functioning at home and school
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Oct 20, 2021 |
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Literacy skills and technology: The pros and cons
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Oct 13, 2021 |
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How to help kids become fluent readers and spellers
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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Is texting affecting spelling and reading skills?
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Sep 29, 2021 |
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Does your family need a new operating system? (with Kate Wendell)
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Sep 22, 2021 |
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The problem with positive thinking
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Sep 15, 2021 |
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Building creativity and independence through play (with Drew Vernon)
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Sep 08, 2021 |
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De-escalation strategies for home, school, and community (with DJ Stutz)
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Sep 01, 2021 |
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How to set boundaries and share positive feedback with your child (with DJ Stutz)
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Aug 25, 2021 |
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3 ways to show appreciation for your child's school
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Aug 18, 2021 |
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How to communicate effectively with your child's teachers and therapists
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Aug 11, 2021 |
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How to support your dyslexic child (with Nicole Holcomb)
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Aug 04, 2021 |
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What popular TV gets wrong about autistic people
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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How much “school” practice do kids need in the summer?
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Jul 14, 2021 |
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Building communication skills in nonspeaking children and late talkers (with Rebecca Robbins)
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Jul 07, 2021 |
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Am I neurotypical? I'm not sure.
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Jun 30, 2021 |
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Talking to your partner and your kids about money
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Jun 23, 2021 |
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Body image and media: What stories are we telling our kids? (with Dr. Kate Browne)
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Jun 16, 2021 |
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Burnout, boundaries, and systems
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Jun 09, 2021 |
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Your mental health: Why it’s impacting your kids (with Katherine Endy)
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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Single parenting and emotional well-being after divorce (with Mary Leonard)
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May 26, 2021 |
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Time Management and Device Use Boundaries for kids with ADHD (with Mike McLeod)
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May 19, 2021 |
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Building accountability and motivation in kids with ADHD (with Mike McLeod)
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May 12, 2021 |
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Positive Reinforcement: Does it really help motivate kids?
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May 05, 2021 |
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Improve attention and focus by building these skills
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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The Breaking Point
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Building discipline and self-management in elementary school through college.
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Can we improve attention span?
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Apr 12, 2021 |