Podcast Episodes
Back to SearchFAQs: Language evaluations, data, doctoral programs and expanding clinical career options.
Episode 195
For episode 195 of De Facto Leaders, I share a Q & A session where I talk through ways to navigate evaluations; including considering a test's psycho…
1 year, 3 months ago
Salary and caseload negotiations and expanding your career opportunities (with Rachel Archambault)
Episode 194
Many therapists feel as though they have limited upward mobility in their careers.
Graduate programs understandably focus on direct clinical practice…
1 year, 3 months ago
Using Distance Learning to Increase Access and Opportunity (with Seth Fleischauer)
Episode 193
Most people agree that the “online learning” that happened during COVID was a challenge for many students; especially those with disabilities.
However…
1 year, 3 months ago
Building confidence, positive self-talk, and strategic planning skills for writing (with Dr. Nelly Kaakaty)
Episode 192
The writing process comes with internal resistance, even for strong writers.
Most people who say they enjoy writing don’t enjoy the entire process; pa…
1 year, 3 months ago
High-impact tutoring and branding your academic coaching services (with David Schipper)
Episode 191
High-impact tutoring has a wide body of evidence to support its efficacy, but how do you know what is and isn’t “high-impact”?
Is it better to brand y…
1 year, 4 months ago
A behind-the-scenes look at EdTech startups and curriculum companies (with Ross Romano)
Episode 190
Many of my colleagues working in the public sector are skeptical of companies selling products to school districts.
I’ve felt some of this skepticism…
1 year, 4 months ago
Reframing the purpose of social narratives, video modeling, and social skills lesson plans
Episode 189
Many people treat social skills groups as if they’re the complete package, when in fact they’re just one part of a bigger service plan.
When we “less…
1 year, 4 months ago
Scaffolding syntax and semantics for non-readers and redefining life skills
Episode 188
Syntactic use is considered an “academic” skill that’s useful for reading comprehension and writing, but the impact of sentence comprehension goes wa…
1 year, 4 months ago
Dynamic Assessment: Evaluations are a process, not a test (with Destiny Johnson)
Episode 187
I regularly hear from therapists who ask me questions about how to evaluate language in a way that gives detailed, meaningful, and accurate informati…
1 year, 5 months ago
Supporting multilingual students and taking part in state and national advocacy work (with Puja Goel and Prabhu Eswaran)
Episode 186
Language evaluations are challenging enough; but when we’re evaluating multilingual and bilingual students, they become even more complex.
When clini…
1 year, 5 months ago