In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist Dr. Farmer talks to us about the four categories of low value practices, examples of low value practices in the field, how to identify low value practices and much more!  Dr. Farmer shared many helpful resources in today’s episode.  Sold a Story on Apple Podcasts  How to Sell a Pseudoscience (Anthony R. Pratkanis)   Farmer, McGill, Lockwood, Dombrowski, Canivez, & Zaheer (2022) Warning Signs for Hype in School-Based Assessment.pdf (eiu.edu)  For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org 

In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist Dr. Nickerson talks to us about promoting safe and supportive schools through violence and bullying prevention and intervention, utilizing multi-disciplinary teams, best practices for lockdown drills, and much more!  Dr. Nickerson shared many helpful resources in today’s episode.  School Crisis: The PREPaRE Model, 2nd Ed (nasponline.org)  Preparing for School Crises: Two States, One Vision (nasponline.org)  Lockdown Drills Connecting Research and Best Practices for School Administrators, Teachers, and Parents | Books Gateway | MIT Press  For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org

In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist Dr. Sara Rich and Dr. Brit’ny Stein share valuable insight into their work as school psychologists implementing Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) in rural communities. Drs. Rich and Stein discuss partnering with Native American communities in Oklahoma, give advice for early career school psychologists, and much more!  Drs. Rich and Stein share many helpful resources in today’s episode. NASP Resources for Serving Indigenous Students, Families, & Communities  Crucial Conversations The Lazy Genius For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org

In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist Dr. Erika McDowell shares tips on implementing inclusive PBIS/MTSS practices, encourages listeners to get well and thrive, provides recommendations for being adaptive and much more!   Learn more about the work Dr. McDowell is doing!   Inspired Minds Collide Building Thriving School Communities Focused on Wellness and Equity by Leveraging MTSS For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org 

In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist Dr. Nathan Clemens debunks some common myths about reading disabilities and dyslexia, discusses evidence-based recommendations for assessing and intervening with reading disabilities, shares about his time working with Dr. Edward Shapiro, and much more!   Dr. Clemens shares many helpful resources in today’s episode.  Academic Skills Problems: Fifth Edition: Direct Assessment and Intervention (guilford.com)  WWC | Practice Guides (ed.gov)   WWC | Find What Works! (ed.gov)  Google Scholar  For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org

Today on the podcast we talk with Drs. Jennifer Mautone, Maria Golden, and Maribeth Wicoff at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. They talk about working as a school psychologist in integrated care, interdisciplinary collaboration, an upcoming book release, and more! You can pre-order today: Family-School Success for Children with ADHD: A Guide for Intervention (guilford.com) For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org

Welcome back to the podcast! We kick off Season 2 talking to Dr. David Lillenstein about how he uses his role as a school psychologist to make a difference in students' lives, advocate for the profession of school psychology, and train individuals new to the field through internship. Dr. Lillenstein also shares helpful recommendations for all school psychologists around being visible, being patient, and being communicative.   For more information visit us at www.centerforeffectiveschools.org 

In the Season 1 finale episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Amber Sessoms about finding your authentic self (personally and professionally), being curious about the world around you, having productive conversations for intentionally helping students and communities succeed and much more! Dr. Sessoms shares many helpful resources in this episode including: Natural Inclination Bettina L. Love (2016) Anti-Black state violence, classroom edition: The spirit murdering of Black children, Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 13:1, 22-25, DOI: 10.1080/15505170.2016.1138258 Speak Up Pocket Guide Cereal for Dinner Care Kits    Association of School Psychologists of Pennsylvania InSight The Four Agreements — don Miguel Ruiz

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Perri Rosen about suicide prevention in schools and within multi-tiered systems of support, applying the Zero Suicide Framework to school settings, the versatility of being a school psychologist, and much more! Dr. Rosen shares many helpful resources in this episode including: National Association of School Psychologists (NASP) (nasponline.org) DBT Skills in Schools: Skills Training for Emotional Problem Solving for Adolescents (DBT STEPS-A) (guilford.com) Suicide in Schools: A Practitioner's Guide to Multi-level Prevention, (routledge.com) Home | Mental Health Technology Transfer Center (MHTTC) Network (mhttcnetwork.org) Prevent Suicide PA Learning (pspalearning.com)

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Brian Poncy about making evidence-based practices accessible to teachers and school psychologists, being functional with assessments, 5 core alterable variables to teaching a skill and much more! Dr. Poncy shares many helpful resources in this episode including: Measures & Interventions for Numeracy Development (M.I.N.D)