Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchHow to "lead up" to your school administrator (with Jethro Jones)
Episode 112
What do you do if your school administrator doesn’t fully understand your role and your expertise?
What if you have the information and knowledge they…
2 years, 10 months ago
Supporting self-regulation in K-12 kids (with Lisa Navarra)
Episode 111
“Behavior problems” are an external sign of what’s going on internally.
In order to support kids who are being referred for behavioral concerns, we n…
2 years, 10 months ago
Empathy, masking, and situational awareness
Episode 110
Do autistic people experience empathy?
Does masking cause trauma?
How do we help neurodivergent kids form relationships in a way that’s accepting o…
2 years, 10 months ago
Can my principal evaluate me if they've never done my job? (with Eric Makelky)
Episode 109
If you’re a therapist or educator working in the schools, there’s a high probability that the administrator who does your employee evaluation isn’t a…
2 years, 11 months ago
How to do multilingual evaluations as a monolingual therapist (with Meg Morgan)
Episode 108
Doing a quality evaluation when you’re assessing things like language can be a challenge because there isn’t one “magic bullet” test that gives us wh…
2 years, 11 months ago
How to make social skills intervention evidence-based and neurodiversity-affirming
Episode 107
What’s evidence-based and neurodiversity-affirming shouldn’t be in opposition. Effective interventions that build resilience and help kids build heal…
2 years, 11 months ago
Trauma, reactive attachment disorder, and supporting families (with Sharon Fuller)
Episode 106
I was honored to have Sharon Fuller, founder of The Attachment Place, LLC as a guest for episode 106 of the “De Facto Leaders” podcast.
Sharon bega…
2 years, 11 months ago
Do video games improve cognitive performance?
Episode 105
In 2022, a study was published in JAMA Network Open with a compelling title: “Video gaming may be associated with better cognitive performance in chi…
3 years ago
Unions, collective bargaining, and getting your voice heard (with Michael Campbell)
Episode 104
Many people in education and healthcare know that lobbying and advocacy needs to happen; but many people don’t know whose responsibility it is or how…
3 years ago
Self-care cabaret for teachers, therapists, and school leaders (with Dr. Theresa-Melito Conners)
Episode 103
We’ve all sat through some boring professional development before; but there’s nothing boring about the training you’ll get from Dr. MC, the guest on…
3 years ago