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Summer Boot Camp 2023 Reflection

Summer Boot Camp 2023 Reflection

Today, I want to share some insights and reflections from our recent Summer Boot Camp, an event we’ve hosted for the past four years. Summer Boot Camp spanned two weeks in July 2023 and offered daily training sessions for school psychologists. We had a great turnout,...

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3 Tips to Kick Off Your School Year

3 Tips to Kick Off Your School Year

Welcome to the 2023-2024 school year! Today, we're diving into my top three tips to kick off your school year and make it your best one yet. Whether you're already back in the swing of things or still enjoying those last moments of summer break, these strategies will...

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Am I Doing This Right?

Am I Doing This Right?

Whether you are an intern or a seasoned psychologist, we have all asked ourselves, “Am I doing this right?” Whether you’re conducting an FBA, completing a bilingual evaluation, or explaining results in a way that benefits all members of the IEP team, all school...

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Organizing Tips for Fall 2023

Organizing Tips for Fall 2023

I get a lot of questions about organization from interns, students, and seasoned psychologists alike. Now I know some of you are winding down your school year or already relaxing on the beach, but I want to share three of my favorite organization tips with you today!...

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Oral Expression Tools and Interpretive Support

Oral Expression Tools and Interpretive Support

What is Oral Expression? Students with a disability in oral expression have difficulty putting their thoughts into speech. Astudent may also have difficulty remembering a word when needed, or being able to recall theformal names of objects. These students tend to...

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Summer Preparation for Fall 2023

Summer Preparation for Fall 2023

My motto for every school year is “harmony.” Every year I work on organizing myself and determining my non-negotiables. Let’s walk into next school year knowing that your boundaries will give you peace of mind in the chaos of a school psych’s life! If you want to...

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What is Summer Boot Camp 2023?

What is Summer Boot Camp 2023?

What is Summer Boot Camp 2023? Our 4th annual Summer Boot Camp is fast approaching, and you don’t want to miss this year’s hot topics! Whether you are an intern, first-year psych, or a seasoned psychologist, we have a variety of sessions to help you prepare for the...

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Tips When Evaluating Traumatic Brain Injury

Tips When Evaluating Traumatic Brain Injury

Tip #1: Consult With The Experts Assessing a student who has suffered a traumatic brain injury can be a unique and complex process, especially since many of these students have never received special education. How can school psychs be more prepared to complete a...

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Task Initiation

Task Initiation

The Executive Functioning Skill of Task Initiation Do you find yourself consulting with teachers frequently about students who struggle to start tasks independently? Or what about students who are unable to plan and decipher when a task will be completed? How can...

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Explaining Eligibility at an IEP Meeting

Explaining Eligibility at an IEP Meeting

Explaining the Classification of Intellectual Disabilities = Overwhelm School psychologists play an integral role in explaining eligibility to parents. The weight of this responsibility can feel heavy on a school psych's shoulders, especially when discussing an...

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3 Student Behavior Tips

3 Student Behavior Tips

Tip #1:  Behavior Expectation Reminders Have you noticed that students struggle with behavior expectations once they return to school from winter break? Our students seem to forget classroom rules they once followed with ease! Let’s face it, our teachers are making...

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What Has Been Working For You?

What Has Been Working For You?

Ringing in the New Year with Self-Reflection It’s hard to believe 2023 is right around the corner! There is no better time like the new year to engage in self-reflection and get honest with yourself about what’s been working well in your school psych practice and what...

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Evaluating Students for Dyslexia

Evaluating Students for Dyslexia

Evaluating Dyslexia Many times throughout the school year, school psychologists find themselves evaluating for reading disabilities and maybe even for dyslexia specifically. There seem to be many questions about the term dyslexia and whether it’s appropriate for a...

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School Psych Week Giveaway

School Psych Week Giveaway

National School Psychology Week During the week of November 7th -11th 2022, school psychologists throughout the United States celebrated National School Psychology Week to highlight the important work school psychologists do to help all students thrive. As we reflect...

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Do You Need Better Boundaries?

Do You Need Better Boundaries?

Working Outside Your Regular Hours Setting boundaries can be difficult to follow as a school psych, especially when our workloads are high and we want to help children. Are you one of the many psychs that take work home with them? Are you spending evenings and...

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3 Tips When Evaluating Emotional Disturbance

3 Tips When Evaluating Emotional Disturbance

Tip #1: Understanding Internalizing Behaviors It’s a fact that school psychologists are seeing a steady climb in the number of students with anxiety and depression. Have you ever found yourself having a conversation with a teacher about a student and when the topic of...

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3 Tips When Evaluating Autism

3 Tips When Evaluating Autism

Tip #1:  Understand Your State’s Critera for Autism When school psychs are evaluating students and Autism is being considered, one tip to keep in mind is understanding your state’s eligibility criteria, regulations, or any additional requirements your state has....

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Dyslexia in the School Setting

Dyslexia in the School Setting

Dyslexia or Lack of Appropriate Instruction? Working as a school psychologist in the middle of a pandemic created many challenges in our practice. For instance, when concerns about a student’s ability to read are brought to our attention, nowadays we begin to question...

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What to Expect in Your First Year

What to Expect in Your First Year

Congrats on Graduating, School Psych... Now What? Congratulations, you made it! Give yourself a round of applause! Now that you are a full-fledged school psychologist, questions may start to swirl in your mind, “what should I expect during my first year?” Keep reading...

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2 Tips to Kick Off the School Year

2 Tips to Kick Off the School Year

Summer break is quickly coming to a close, and another school year is about to begin! Let's discuss two tips to help you become a more prepared school psychologist. I get a lot of questions when I talk to interns, psychs starting their first or second year, or even...

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What is Working Memory?

What is Working Memory?

Working Memory describes the ability to hold information in mind while performing complex tasks that involve remembering, processing, or acting on that stored information. It also incorporates the ability to draw on past learning or experiences, to apply to a present...

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Math Calculations

Math Calculations

Math calculations describe one’s ability to count, group objects, and compute a wide range of mathematical facts and operations.  Understanding numbers, basic facts, and operations is a skill that begins to develop in children as young as 1 year old. As children...

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Reading Decoding

Reading Decoding

Reading decoding is the key to recognizing known words, then using that knowledge of familiar letters and sounds to quickly determine what new words say, when seeing them for the first time. It is an important indicator for diagnosing dyslexia, as people with dyslexia...

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