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.

Episode Date
Comorbidities and Differential Diagnosis (ADHD, DLD, Dyslexia)
May 01, 2024
Literacy and background knowledge: Essential skills for life (with Dr. Pamela Snow)
Apr 24, 2024
Unpacking the early literacy debate and building a foundation in PreK (with Jane Gebers)
Apr 17, 2024
Using AI to write IEP goals and manage service plans (with Sean Klamm)
Apr 10, 2024
Becoming a literacy leader and advocating for the right to read (with Brianna Guild)
Apr 03, 2024
Therapy session structure, narrative language, and commentary on gestalt language processing
Mar 27, 2024
Debriefing, de-escalation, and relationship repair (with Crissy Mombela)
Mar 20, 2024
The cost of caring: Compassion fatigue in education and healthcare (with Crissy Mombela)
Mar 13, 2024
Does your SYSTEM support your policy and your curriculum? (with Jalita Johnson)
Mar 06, 2024
BONUS: SEEing to Lead: Seeing the whole staircase (with Dr. Karen Dudek-Brannan)
Feb 28, 2024
Am I influencing or trying to control? Reframing advocacy and clinical leadership (with Candice Noss)
Feb 21, 2024
Audiobooks, homework research, and the "read for 20 minutes" rule
Feb 14, 2024
Unlocking success through sensory processing and team collaboration (with Maude Le Roux)
Feb 07, 2024
High school language therapy: Do we still have time to make an impact? (with Tiffany Shahoumian-Ruiz)
Jan 31, 2024
The six stages of financial independence for therapists and educators (with Ben Hockema)
Jan 24, 2024
Building financial literacy from elementary school through adulthood (with Ben Hockema)
Jan 17, 2024
Becoming a school founder and empowering students through project-based learning (with Tanya Sheckley)
Jan 10, 2024
Developing a cultural competemility mindset for educators and clinicians (with Melanie Evans)
Jan 03, 2024
Are we being too child-focused in our therapy planning?
Dec 27, 2023
No, kids do not learn to read and write naturally (with Melanie Brethour)
Dec 20, 2023
Creating an intentional career and life with alter egos (with Meg Niman)
Dec 13, 2023
Cell phones, 1:1 device initiatives, and homework policies in K-12 education (with Dr. John Burkey)
Dec 06, 2023
Increasing access to instructional programs in rural districts (with Chris Dodge)
Nov 29, 2023
Why aren’t my students generalizing? (social skills groups, organizing tools)
Nov 22, 2023
BONUS: Accessible career exploration in K-12 education (with Matthew Chaussee)
Nov 15, 2023
Time blindness, anxiety, and behavior management
Nov 09, 2023
How to read the room, speak with confidence, and sell your ideas (with Roberta Ndlela)
Nov 01, 2023
How to help teens get comfortable with discomfort and pursue meaningful work (with Joey Mascio)
Oct 25, 2023
Is K-12 education preparing kids for the workforce? (with The Fabulous Learning Nerds)
Oct 18, 2023
Perspective-taking for therapists, educators, and school leaders (with Lynn Hardin)
Oct 11, 2023
What are tech and curriculum companies doing for K-12 education? (with Meg Hearn)
Oct 04, 2023
Using private practice to offer accessible services and advocate for your profession (with Ebony Green)
Sep 27, 2023
Professional learning communities and curriculum reform in public and private education (with Tom Conroy)
Sep 20, 2023
Using K-12 education to create opportunities and find your calling (with Dr. Joseph Williams III)
Sep 13, 2023
Should I get my doctorate? (with Dr. Christy Borders)
Sep 06, 2023
Behind the scenes of a K-12 staffing company (with Ryan Cleaveland)
Aug 30, 2023
The Authority: Baruti Kafele on The Equity & Social Justice Education 50
Aug 23, 2023
Time perception, anxiety, and future pacing
Aug 16, 2023
Meditation for educators and the art of giving 85% (with Danny Bauer)
Aug 09, 2023
Creating equitable systems for K-12 math (with Jonathan Regino)
Aug 02, 2023
Executive functioning for college students: Beyond checklists and planners (with Jill Fahy)
Jul 26, 2023
Do we all have an inner voice (and if not, should we try to develop one)?
Jul 19, 2023
Career transitions and improv for educators and therapists (with Aimee Davis)
Jul 12, 2023
Teacher-centered leadership (with Dr. Chris Jones)
Jul 05, 2023
Coaching aspiring leaders in school turn-around and community outreach (with Edward Gordon II)
Jun 28, 2023
Post-traumatic growth and 1-minute interventions (with Dr. Mike Gaskell)
Jun 21, 2023
Leveraging the power of teletherapy to provide high-quality services (with Lynne Inabnitt)
Jun 14, 2023
Trauma-informed care for therapists, teachers, and school leaders (with Rachel Archambault)
Jun 07, 2023
Do school leaders need coaching? (with Dan Kelley)
May 31, 2023
Making literacy accessible and equitable (with Cassandra Williams)
May 24, 2023
How to "lead up" to your school administrator (with Jethro Jones)
May 17, 2023
Supporting self-regulation in K-12 kids (with Lisa Navarra)
May 10, 2023
Empathy, masking, and situational awareness
May 03, 2023
Can my principal evaluate me if they've never done my job? (with Eric Makelky)
Apr 26, 2023
How to do multilingual evaluations as a monolingual therapist (with Meg Morgan)
Apr 19, 2023
How to make social skills intervention evidence-based and neurodiversity-affirming
Apr 12, 2023
Trauma, reactive attachment disorder, and supporting families (with Sharon Fuller)
Apr 05, 2023
Do video games improve cognitive performance?
Mar 29, 2023
Unions, collective bargaining, and getting your voice heard (with Michael Campbell)
Mar 22, 2023
Self-care cabaret for teachers, therapists, and school leaders (with Dr. Theresa-Melito Conners)
Mar 15, 2023
The science of reading: A team approach (with Brett Stevens)
Mar 08, 2023
How school therapists can lead schools in providing district-wide executive functioning supports
Mar 01, 2023
Working with your building principal to create a win-win-win (with Dr. Gastrid Harrigan)
Feb 22, 2023
Cleft palate, resonance disorders, and market research (with Allison Fors)
Feb 18, 2023
How to become a children's book author (with Valerie Doherty)
Feb 08, 2023
Getting a “Yes” from your school administrator (with Marva Mount)
Feb 01, 2023
Supporting bilingualism in K-12 kids (with Briana Wagner)
Jan 25, 2023
Creating therapy materials to serve your caseload and build a business (with Hallie Sherman)
Jan 18, 2023
Using YouTube to support clients and foster innovation (with Clay Hadden)
Jan 11, 2023
Mistakes I made and points of clarity (working memory, attention, positive reinforcement)
Jan 04, 2023
Recovering from burnout (with Angie Merced)
Dec 28, 2022
How to help students generalize skills (even if you only see them once a week)
Dec 21, 2022
Creating grassroots movements to support kids in your community (with Merlin Anderson)
Dec 14, 2022
What district wide activities are relevant to school therapists?
Dec 07, 2022
De Facto Leaders: A New Show Title and Direction
Nov 30, 2022
What to do when the IEP team doesn't agree
Nov 23, 2022
Navigating workplace conflict and getting team buy-in
Nov 16, 2022
Effective clinical supervision and creating leadership opportunities
Nov 09, 2022
Why you should plan for service delivery instead of planning for therapy
Nov 02, 2022
How to provide high-quality support for your caseload with the "asset stack" method
Oct 26, 2022
The Danger of the Comfort Zone
Oct 19, 2022
Whose job is it to work on executive functioning?
Oct 12, 2022
Career “test-runs” and calming your inner critic (with Stephanie Hayes)
Oct 05, 2022
The low-risk way to explore career pivots (for therapists)
Sep 28, 2022
The Levels of Clinical Leadership
Sep 21, 2022
Don’t avoid problems. Plan for them.
Sep 14, 2022
Creating assets and leverage to amplify the impact of your services
Sep 07, 2022
Therapists are leaders in disguise
Aug 24, 2022
Why "work-life balance" is unattainable (and what to do instead)
Aug 17, 2022
DLD, CAPD, dyslexia, hyperlexia and supporting literacy
Aug 03, 2022
How to make syntax instruction useful for the real world
Jul 27, 2022
What’s really causing “topic maintenance” issues?
Jul 20, 2022
Why I don't use language therapy goal banks
Jul 13, 2022
Defining Vocabulary: It's more complicated than you think
Jul 06, 2022
Language therapy: Managing info overload and misinformation
Jun 29, 2022
Rerelease: Burnout, boundaries, and systems
Jun 22, 2022
Are kids ready to work on complex sentences in early elementary school?
Jun 15, 2022
Navigating dyslexia and working memory goals
Jun 08, 2022
Childhood anxiety and mental health (with Dr. Ambroes Pass-Turner)
Jun 01, 2022
Building word-retrieval and independent word learning in K-12 kids
May 25, 2022
Traveling with autistic kids (with Dawn Barclay)
May 18, 2022
ADHD coaching for young adults (with Lori Melnitsky)
May 11, 2022
How to build social problem-solving skills (without being ableist)
May 04, 2022
Demystifying the “specific learning disability” (with Jil Stauter)
Apr 27, 2022
What to do when your child is stuttering (with Lauren Haines)
Apr 20, 2022
Life after high school: Are your kids ready? (with Kim Duckworth)
Apr 13, 2022
Collaboration, literacy, and surviving due process (with Joann Briggs)
Apr 06, 2022
Making sense of developmental milestones
Mar 23, 2022
Scaffolding: What it is and how to use it to help kids be more resilient (with Brittany Bohach)
Mar 16, 2022
Interpreting “challenging behaviors” and meltdowns (with Brittany Bohach)
Mar 09, 2022
Natural treatments and ADHD: Spotting the fallacy
Mar 02, 2022
The ins and outs of language screening (for school-age kids)
Feb 23, 2022
Are we "following the research" in education?
Feb 16, 2022
How to support language processing and comprehension in school-age kids (part 2)
Feb 09, 2022
How to support language processing and comprehension in school-age kids (part 1)
Feb 02, 2022
Building vocabulary skills in Kindergarten through high school
Jan 26, 2022
Supporting reading comprehension: What parents and professionals need to know
Jan 19, 2022
Re-release: Building discipline and self-management in elementary school through college.
Jan 12, 2022
Re-release: The Breaking Point
Jan 05, 2022
Cognitive distortions and ADHD
Dec 29, 2021
Ableism: What therapists, teachers, and caregivers need to know
Dec 22, 2021
Person-first vs identity-first language: Which one should I use?
Dec 15, 2021
Building skills for connection (with Miriam Campbell)
Dec 08, 2021
3 tips for introducing new foods to your kids.
Dec 01, 2021
How to help picky eaters (without bribing them with dessert)
Nov 24, 2021
Why you shouldn't assume "laziness" in neurodivergent kids
Nov 17, 2021
A case against "normal" and "appropriate" behavior
Nov 10, 2021
When "compliance" does more harm than good (with ADHD and Autism)
Nov 03, 2021
3 skills kids with ADHD need to overcome procrastination
Oct 27, 2021
Supporting executive functioning at home and school
Oct 20, 2021
Literacy skills and technology: The pros and cons
Oct 13, 2021
How to help kids become fluent readers and spellers
Oct 06, 2021
Is texting affecting spelling and reading skills?
Sep 29, 2021
Does your family need a new operating system? (with Kate Wendell)
Sep 22, 2021
The problem with positive thinking
Sep 15, 2021
Building creativity and independence through play (with Drew Vernon)
Sep 08, 2021
De-escalation strategies for home, school, and community (with DJ Stutz)
Sep 01, 2021
How to set boundaries and share positive feedback with your child (with DJ Stutz)
Aug 25, 2021
3 ways to show appreciation for your child's school
Aug 18, 2021
How to communicate effectively with your child's teachers and therapists
Aug 11, 2021
How to support your dyslexic child (with Nicole Holcomb)
Aug 04, 2021
What popular TV gets wrong about autistic people
Jul 28, 2021
How much “school” practice do kids need in the summer?
Jul 14, 2021
Building communication skills in nonspeaking children and late talkers (with Rebecca Robbins)
Jul 07, 2021
Am I neurotypical? I'm not sure.
Jun 30, 2021
Talking to your partner and your kids about money
Jun 23, 2021
Body image and media: What stories are we telling our kids? (with Dr. Kate Browne)
Jun 16, 2021
Burnout, boundaries, and systems
Jun 09, 2021
Your mental health: Why it’s impacting your kids (with Katherine Endy)
Jun 02, 2021
Single parenting and emotional well-being after divorce (with Mary Leonard)
May 26, 2021
Time Management and Device Use Boundaries for kids with ADHD (with Mike McLeod)
May 19, 2021
Building accountability and motivation in kids with ADHD (with Mike McLeod)
May 12, 2021
Positive Reinforcement: Does it really help motivate kids?
May 05, 2021
Improve attention and focus by building these skills
Apr 12, 2021
The Breaking Point
Apr 12, 2021
Building discipline and self-management in elementary school through college.
Apr 12, 2021
Can we improve attention span?
Apr 12, 2021