Not Your Average School Psychologist Podcast

Welcome back to Season 3 of Not Your Average School Psychologist Podcast! In today’s episode of Not Your Average School Psychologist Dr. Mark Shinn discusses how to make assessment meaningful and reduce data fatigue, keeping it simple with effective instruction, his impactful career in the field of school psychology, and much more!  Join us on 9/3/2024 to hear Part 2 of Dr. Shinn's episode! Dr...

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, Lockwo...

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)  ...

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 St...

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 M...

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 Proble...

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 informa...

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 pa...

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 inclu...

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 Schoo...

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 De...

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Kirra Guard about supporting and coaching teachers, using high quality evidence to inform practices, partnering with adults in systems to improve service delivery and much more! Dr. Guard shares many helpful resources in this episode including: What Works Clearinghouse National Center on Intensive Interven...

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Brittany Zakszeski about the history of the public health model, accessibility, and feasibility of Tier 2 interventions in schools, understanding student needs through data and much more! Dr. Zakszeski shares many helpful resources in this episode including: The ⁠Resilience Education Program (REP) The Cour...

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Nathaniel von der Embse about equitable screening, his partnership in the School Mental Health Collaborative (check it out at smhcollaborative.org ), and much more!

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Jason Pedersen about why he pursued school psychology, how he has expanded his role as a school psychologist, and more!

In this episode of "Not Your Average School Psychologist" Podcast we talk with Dr. Barry McCurdy about his career journey as a school psychologist and how he has applied his skill set to a variety of roles to help all students succeed!

Welcome to Not Your Average School Psychologist Podcast! Hosted by psychologists with the Center for Effective Schools, our goal is to provide a resource for school psychologists to learn about evidence-based practices and hear interesting conversations with experts in the field. We will be releasing episodes starting in Fall 2023 so check back soon!